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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 Democratic Senator did Thompson attack in "The Losers' Club?"

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

3. Who celebrated wildly after the Gary Hart scandal, according to Thompson, in "A Wild and Crazy Guy?"

4. Senator Warren Rudman was a senator from where?

5. What did Thompson kill, in "A Death in the Family?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Thompson expect from Reagan's Administration, in "The Year of the Pig"?

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

9. Why did Thompson speak with Lowell Harrelson and when?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Thompson's adventures with sports betting in the text. What teams did Thompson bet on and why? What were the outcomes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the outcome of the 1988 Presidential Election. What was Thompson's take on the final victory? To whom did Thompson write in his final article of the text? Why?

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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