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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which car did the woman at the car rental counter tell Thompson to take?
(a) The blue car.
(b) The Neon sedan.
(c) The yellow Volkswagen.
(d) Any car he wanted.

2. What was Leach wearing when he answered the door in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) An alpaca wool bathrobe.
(b) A terrycloth bathrobe.
(c) A cowhide bathrobe.
(d) A wool bathrobe.

3. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his drug trip as "a buzzing without noise, high-speed vibrations and more ___________."
(a) Brightness.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Tremors.
(d) Angels.

4. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?
(a) "W."
(b) "P."
(c) "Y."
(d) "V."

5. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Fire.
(b) Ice.
(c) Stone.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?

2. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.

3. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."

4. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.

5. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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