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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. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.
(a) A blow-up doll.
(b) Leach's wife.
(c) Thompson's sister.
(d) Leach's mistress.

2. Which airline was mentioned in connection with the following quote: "Xerox copy with author's notes of yesterday's program..."?
(a) American Airlines.
(b) U.S. Airlines.
(c) Delta Airlines.
(d) Continental Airlines.

3. When did the car rental employee say she was going to move in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

4. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?
(a) McGarr.
(b) Humphrey.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Schorr.

5. In "Mescalito," if Thompson could get up and go to the bathroom, he would like to get a towel to hang over __________.
(a) The window.
(b) The balcony.
(c) The television.
(d) The door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" that the little red indicator that moves along with the ball on the typewriter appeared to be made of _________.

2. What was the woman at the car rental counter doing when Thompson arrived?

3. Thompson wrote while under the influence of mescaline that there was not much connection between his head and his ________.

4. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?

5. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his typewriter arrow "jumping along like a ___ in one of those sing-along movie shorts, bouncing from word to word with the music."

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