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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. What did Thompson back on the balcony to get while waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) The ice bucket.
(b) The vodka.
(c) The beer.
(d) The pills.

2. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?
(a) His lover.
(b) His wife.
(c) His cat.
(d) His memory.

3. Which team did Leach bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Green Bay Packers.
(b) Seattle Seahawks.
(c) Dallas Cowboys.
(d) Kansas City Chiefs.

4. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?
(a) Johann Sebastian Bach.
(b) Charles Starkweather.
(c) Berlioz.
(d) Philip Glass.

5. Hearing news of ______________ was too much for a tortured head in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Carter.
(d) Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?

2. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?

3. What did Thompson give the car rental girl "a taste of" in "Death of a Poet"?

4. Thompson has problems with beer and __________.

5. What did Thompson write he now had a fifth of in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

(see the answer key)

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