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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. In "The Other George Bush," Skinner asserted that George Bush is smarter than whom?

2. What did Thompson attempt to blow up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"

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. "Crazy Patrick and Big Al" refered to Patrick Buchanan and who?

5. The Gary Hart scandal distracted the press from what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Thompson's criteria for statistics, in "The Time Has Come."

3. What were Thompson's complaints, in "Expelled from the System"? Why?

4. Who is described in "The Scum of the Earth"?

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

6. What were Thompson's predictions, in "The Trickle Down Theory"?

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

8. What did Thompson discover, in "The Time of the Geek," about the Gary Hart scandal?

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

10. What was Thompson describing watching, in "President Bush Will See You Now"? What was Thompson's appraisal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the author, Hunter S. Thompson. What style of journalism is Thompson known for originating? What are elements of his writing style? Give examples from the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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