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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 30 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson has problems with beer and __________.
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Candy.
(c) Dexedrine.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

3. Thompson arrived back from a tour of the Soviet Union and _____________.
(a) England.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

4. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) 1:30.
(b) 4:30.
(c) 12:30.
(d) 2:30.

5. Thompson wrote, regarding the order of the stories, that the dramatic tension should build like _____________.
(a) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
(b) Bolero.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thompson wrote he had been chased and tormented by what huge radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

2. How much beer did Thompson have left, although it was too early to call for more, in "Mescalito"?

3. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?

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"?

5. What park did Thompson feel he was looking at in "Mescalito"?

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