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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. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?
(a) McGarr.
(b) Schorr.
(c) Humphrey.
(d) Nixon.

2. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Whiskytown Go Go.
(b) Studio 54.
(c) Whisky-a-Go-Go.
(d) The L.A. Club.

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

4. Whom did Thompson describe on Face the Nation in "Mescalito"?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) James Farmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?

2. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

3. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?

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

5. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.

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