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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. What did Thompson write he thought should be last in order in the Introduction?
(a) Mescalito.
(b) Screwjack.
(c) Fear and Loathing.
(d) Death of a Poet.

2. In "Mescalito," what part of Thompson's body had muscle spasms?
(a) Thompson's thigh.
(b) Thompson's neck.
(c) Thompson's foot.
(d) Thompson's arm.

3. In "Mescalito," what was "adjusting to this new stimulus like an old soldier ambushed and panicked for a moment"?
(a) The spirit.
(b) The brain.
(c) The body.
(d) The soul.

4. On what floor was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?
(a) 14th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 11th.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"

3. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."

4. Thompson arrived back from a tour of the Soviet Union and _____________.

5. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?

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