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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 was the title of the 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson in which F. X. Leach also appeared?
(a) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
(b) Generation of Swine.
(c) Fear and Loathing in Elko.
(d) Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

2. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Whisky-a-Go-Go.
(b) Whiskytown Go Go.
(c) Studio 54.
(d) The L.A. Club.

3. What did Thompson creep across the room to get to help with the sunlight in "Mescalito"?
(a) A window blind.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) A lamp shade.
(d) An umbrella.

4. The poem at the beginning of "Death of a Poet" describes a coffin of __________.
(a) Smoke.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Ice.

5. Leach told Thompson in "Death of a Poet" that he had changed his bet, gotten drunk, and ________________.
(a) Sold his car.
(b) Canceled the bet.
(c) Tripled the bet.
(d) Doubled up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.

2. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?

3. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.

4. Who sang "The Weight" on the radio in "Mescalito"?

5. What was the name of Leach's "punching bag" in "Death of a Poet"?

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