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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. Who was Ronald Reagan meeting with in "Loose Cannon on the Deck?"

2. In "The End of an Era," Thompson laid most of the fault of Reagan's presidency at the feet of whom?

3. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"

4. What National Security Adviser attempted suicide in "Gone with the Wind?"

5. In "The End of an Era," Thompson asserted that all of the smart people had already done what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What picture did Thompson portray in "The Lake of Fire"?

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

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

8. Where was the Iran-Contra scandal introduced in the book? What did Thompson write initially of his predictions?

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

10. Who were "Crazy Patrick and Big Al"? What did Thompson foretell in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relations between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the 1980s. What is the significance of the meetings between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the article "They Called Him Deep Throat." Who are the figures in this narrative? What was the correlation that Thompson was making?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the campaign of Senator Ted Kennedy in the 1988 Presidential Election. What scandals are associated with Kennedy? What events took place in the election?

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