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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a true name of a Hell's Angel as Thompson lists them in the book?
(a) Terry the Tramp
(b) Buzzard
(c) Dirty Ed
(d) Bill the Basher

2. What were the Hell's Angels packing on their bikes behind them on their chopped hogs?
(a) Guns
(b) Jackets
(c) Boots
(d) Mamas

3. Where did Terry the Tramp end up working when he wasn't with the Hell's Angels?
(a) Nowhere
(b) General Motors
(c) Owens Corning
(d) Harley-Davidson

4. By the midsummer of 1965, the Hell's Angels were already the subject of two _____________.
(a) Movies
(b) Scholarly theses
(c) Books
(d) Rape cases

5. The girls and their boyfriends called their time with the Hell's Angels _________ while the Hell's Angels called it consensual, typical, and minor.
(a) Gang rape
(b) Unsatisfying
(c) Fun
(d) Horrifying

6. Where did the girls and their boyfriends go with the Hell's Angels?
(a) Parking lot
(b) Park
(c) Beach
(d) Burger stand

7. The Hell's Angels are generally scrupulous about observing ______________.
(a) Moments of silence for dead solidiers
(b) Speed limits
(c) Holidays
(d) Local ordinances

8. About how many people were a part of the Hell's Angels in 1964?
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 500
(d) 1000

9. The Hell's Angels don't want to cause trouble because spending a night _____________ is no fun.
(a) In jail
(b) With a young girl
(c) In the bathroom
(d) Passed out

10. What does Kierkegaard have to say about the press in his quote at the beginning of the chapter? "The daily press is the __________ of the modern world."
(a) Magician
(b) Dirt
(c) Evil principle
(d) Ringleader

11. One witness was found to be completely unreliable after the experience with ____________.
(a) The Hell's Angels
(b) Mental hospitals
(c) A lie detector
(d) A police interrogation

12. What was the town that is cited to be the 'birthplace' of the Hell's Angels?
(a) Oakland
(b) San Jose
(c) San Bernadino
(d) Modesto

13. Who was the start of the film the Hell's Angels admired so much?
(a) Cary Grant
(b) James Dean
(c) Dennis Hopper
(d) Marlon Brando

14. What was the final destination of the Fourth of July Hell's Angel gathering?
(a) Bass Lake
(b) Novato
(c) Mendocino
(d) Mount Tamalpais

15. By 1964, the Hell's Angels boasted several ___________ in various cities along the West Coast.
(a) Headquarters
(b) Chapters
(c) Home bases
(d) Bikes

Short Answer Questions

1. The typical police response to the Hell's Angels is __________, bordering on hysteria.

2. What was the name of the ex-pug who once fought Bobo Olson?

3. The girls the Hell's Angels were with were only 14 and 15, and one of them was ______________.

4. What was the name of the 1964 avant garde film made by Kenneth Anger?

5. The correspondent from the _____________ in Los Angeles wrote a commentary on the Lynch Report which helped to sustain public interest in the Hell's Angels.

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