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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Screwjack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much would it cost the narrator to have the tattoo burned off in "Screwjack"?
(a) $1000.
(b) $3000.
(c) $2000.
(d) $1500.

2. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Dreamlessly.
(b) Naked.
(c) Fitfully.
(d) Clothed.

3. Thompson tried to focus on the sound of what musical instrument between ads during his trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Tuba.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Violin.
(d) Saxophone.

4. According to Thompson, "Singer sewing time is ____ minutes until eight o'clock."
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

5. According to Thompson, to the flower children in "Mescalito" he must have been seen as just another ________________.
(a) Old man.
(b) Wet blanket.
(c) Fat cat.
(d) Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had "gone off to Real Estate School"?

2. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?

3. What station did Thompson promise to send a check to in "Mescalito"?

4. What was the title of the 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson in which F. X. Leach also appeared?

5. The narrator describes Mr. Screwjack by saying, "Like my beast and my ____, my perfect dream lover, like that ghost that I must forget."

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