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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Thompson's heart rate in "A Generation of Swine?"

2. Who did Thompson say was gored by a buffalo in "Buffalo Gores a Visitor?"

3. Who approached Thompson, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"

4. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?

5. What National Hurricane Center director did Thompson attack in "Revenge of the Fish Heads?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gary Hart introduced in "Gary Hart Talks Politics"? What wasThompson's opinion of Hart?

2. What did Thompson assert of Robertson, in "Rise of the TV Preachers"?

3. What did Thompson write of Ferdinand Marcos in "Memo from the War Room"?

4. Describe Thompson's salvage business. Who were his compatriots?

5. What was the consensus of statistics discussed between Thompson and the political strategist in "Showdown in the Pig Palace"?

6. How did Thompson explain the Khadafy situation in "The American Century"?

7. Where did Thompson go in "The Beast with Three Backs"? Why?

8. How is the article "They Called Him Deep Throat" structured? Why?

9. What did Thompson write about "driving" in "The Dim and Dirty Road"?

10. How did Thompson compare the Chinese government's drug wars to the U.S. government's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the events which took place in Haiti during the late 1980s. What was Reagan's reaction to Haiti's shift in power?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrative in "Buffalo Gores a Visitor." Who are the characters in this story? In what narrative voice and tense is the article?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the events surrounding Filipino President Marcos. What took place in his re-election? What was the outcome of this scandal?

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