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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. When did Thompson write that "it started" in his letter in the Introduction?
(a) Groundhog Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Valentine's Day.

2. What did Thompson write he now had a fifth of in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Crown Royal.
(b) Gentleman Jack.
(c) Sobieski.
(d) Louis Martini Barbera.

3. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) Hubert Humphrey.
(b) James Farmer.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) George Herman.

4. In the Introduction, where was Thompson placed after his escape?
(a) An enforced labor camp.
(b) A Decompression Chamber.
(c) A holding cell.
(d) A mental institution.

5. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Cauley Park.
(c) Bryant Park.
(d) Grant Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what floor was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?

2. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.

3. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?

4. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

5. Whom did Thompson describe on Face the Nation in "Mescalito"?

(see the answer key)

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