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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer do in the tunnel in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Sings.
(b) Cries.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Sleeps.

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

3. How much beer did Thompson have to conserve while waiting for Oscar to arrive in "Mescalito"?
(a) An inch.
(b) Two beers.
(c) A half-beer.
(d) A six-pack.

4. What car rental counter did Thompson go to in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Budget.
(b) Hertz.
(c) Enterprise.
(d) Avis.

5. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Clarence Thomas.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom did Thompson write of sitting on the Strip, talking to off-duty hookers in "Mescalito"?

3. Which team did Thompson bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

4. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his typewriter arrow "jumping along like a ___ in one of those sing-along movie shorts, bouncing from word to word with the music."

5. What did Thompson believe Leach had done when he saw the woman in the kitchen?

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