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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. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) Johnny Carson.

2. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jameson's.
(b) Old Crow.
(c) Jack Daniels.
(d) Belvedere.

3. Thompson described the charwomen as prowling about the hotel like crippled ___________.
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Rats.
(d) Wolves.

4. What happened when Thompson first tried to call Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) The line was busy.
(b) No one was home.
(c) He got the answering machine.
(d) Oscar's wife answered.

5. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?
(a) Babe Ruth.
(b) Mighty Mick.
(c) Mighty Casey.
(d) Mighty Ott.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson claim he was not in his letter in the Introduction?

2. According to a sales jingle quoted by Thompson, "We cannot tell a lie, our machines will ___ you into a bag so fast you'll think you went blind."

3. Hearing news of ______________ was too much for a tortured head in "Mescalito"?

4. What date is the second entry of "Mescalito"?

5. What street was Thompson's hotel overlooking in "Mescalito"?

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