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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 American journalist covered world news for more than 60 years and was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR)?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Daniel Schorr.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) George Herman.

2. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.
(a) Jack Daniels.
(b) Evan Williams.
(c) Old Crow.
(d) Jameson's.

3. What kind of beer was Thompson drinking during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Pabst.
(b) Corona.
(c) Budweiser.
(d) Coors.

4. What did Leach do at the end of "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Hung himself.
(b) Shot a police officer.
(c) Shot himself.
(d) Shot his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson worry he might wig out and demand in "Mescalito"?

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

3. What happened when Thompson first tried to call Oscar in "Mescalito"?

4. The people would come to collect Leach's debt by _____________.

5. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?

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