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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Screwjack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.
(a) Spotted trout.
(b) Jackbastard.
(c) Earle of Denver.
(d) Washing woman.

2. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Ice.
(b) Stone.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

3. 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) Daniel Schorr.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) George Herman.

4. Whom did Thompson call, asking him to bring beer in "Mescalito"?
(a) Paulie.
(b) Estes.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Sing-li.

5. How much beer did Thompson have left, although it was too early to call for more, in "Mescalito"?
(a) One beer.
(b) Half a beer.
(c) Two beers.
(d) Three beers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dawn in the beginning of "Screwjack" is described as cold and ____________.

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

3. What initials close the letter in "Screwjack"?

4. 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."

5. In the opening of "Screwjack," the letter is described as having been written how many days before "his" disappearance?

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