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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) Fear and Loathing.
(b) Hell's Angels.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Nixon.

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

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

4. For how long had Thompson been chased and tormented by giant radioactive creatures in the Introduction?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 22 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 36 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thompson write that "it started" in his letter in the Introduction?

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

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

4. At what hotel was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?

5. What signal did the flower children wave at Thompson in "Mescalito"?

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