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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?
(a) Type.
(b) Walk.
(c) Dance.
(d) Think.

2. What street was Thompson's hotel overlooking in "Mescalito"?
(a) Esposito Drive.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Hollywood Boulevard.
(d) Sunset Strip.

3. The narrator describes Mr. Screwjack by saying, "Like my beast and my ____, my perfect dream lover, like that ghost that I must forget."
(a) Enemy.
(b) Mother.
(c) Feline.
(d) Dolphin.

4. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

5. The opening paragraph of "Screwjack" is signed off by ____________.
(a) Raoul Duke.
(b) Hunter S. Thompson.
(c) The Editors.
(d) Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leach told Thompson in "Death of a Poet" that he had changed his bet, gotten drunk, and ________________.

2. What kind of beer was Thompson drinking during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito"?

3. The address given to Thompson by the poet was located behind ______________.

4. Whom did Thompson write of in Jerusalem in "Mescalito"?

5. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?

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