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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. The weapons supplied to the Iranian regime killed hundreds of marines where?

2. Thompson believed that the Iran-Contra scandal would make what look like nothing in comparison, in "God Bless Colonel North?"

3. Who was the only person Thompson saw who could have benefited from the Iran-Contra scandal?

4. What mercenary was caught in Nicaragua, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Thompson write of George Schultz, in "Cowboys at Sea"?

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

6. Who was discussed in "Let the Good Times Roll"? Why were they newsworthy?

7. What is the subject of "The Weak in the Weird"?

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

9. How did Thompson associate schizophrenics with the Democratic Party in the text?

10. Why did Thompson encounter a psychic in "The Gizzard of Darkness"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the conflict between President Reagan and Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy. What events took place during this conflict? How did they affect the polls in the election?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the campaign of Gary Hart in the 1988 Presidential Election. What scandals emerged during the campaign and how did they affect polls?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the television news industry as depicted by Thompson in the book. How has the news industry changed in 25 years?

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