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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After looking at the statistics in "A Wild and Crazy Guy," Thompson concluded that the Republicans would hold the White House for how long?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) A generation.

2. Who did Thompson believe would likely go to prison in Fort Leavenworth, in "The Lord and a Good Lawyer?"
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Oliver North.
(d) Patrick Buchanan.

3. Who did Thompson's friend bet on in his Superbowl bet, in "Trapped in Harding Park?"
(a) New England Patriots.
(b) New York Giants.
(c) Chicago Bears.
(d) Denver Broncos.

4. What happened to Reagan's veto on sanctions in South Africa, in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"
(a) It is overruled.
(b) It is enacted.
(c) It is rejected.
(d) It is dead in the water.

5. In "The New Dumb," Thompson concluded that the Democratic Party had learned nothing since which election?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson remind that Oliver North supplied the Iranians with arms in "It was You, Charlie?"

2. Who was Reagan's new Supreme Court nominee in "Here Come de Judge?"

3. Thompson wrote that no press secretary had truly been good since either Pierre Salinger under Kennedy or who at the beginning of Reagan's first term?

4. Who did a leak say was not really in the hospital, in "The Gizzard of Darkness?"

5. Who did Thompson write was frequently quoting Bible verses, in "The Lake of Fire?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thompson contend about the role of money in politics?

2. What was the subject of "The South African Problem"? What was Thompson's prediction?

3. To whom did Hunter S. Thompson write in the end of the book? Why?

4. What did Thompson's sources tell him in "The Worm Turns"? What was his conclusion?

5. Who did Thompson suggest would make a comeback in "Wooing the Degenerate Vote"? How?

6. How did Thompson show the public opinion of Oliver North in, "It Was You, Charlie"?

7. What did Thompson detail, in "Back to the Ormsby House"?

8. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind"?

9. What is the subject of the article, "The Loved Ones"?

10. What scandal took place in "The Loser's Club"? What was Thompson's suggested solution?

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