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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 15 through 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"
(a) Hell's Angels.
(b) Fear and Loathing.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Nixon.

2. 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) George Herman.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Walter Cronkite.

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

4. What newspaper did Thompson quote with the line, "Kept authorities at bay for more than an hour, claiming to be George Harrison of the Beatles"?
(a) L.A. Times.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Chicago Tribune.
(d) U.S.A. Today.

5. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) Pearl Street Liquor.
(b) Sisters of Mercy Liquor.
(c) Jackson Square Liquor.
(d) King's Cellar Liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?

2. What is the date of the third entry in "Mescalito"?

3. What "puts you out in the dark, which is more neutral" in "Mescalito"?

4. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?

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

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