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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem at the beginning of "Death of a Poet" describes a coffin of __________.
(a) Ice.
(b) Water.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Fire.

2. In "Mescalito" Thompson wrote, "Yesterday a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp and take it to ______________."
(a) Denver.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Chicago.

3. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as an unbearable experience that would blow the top right off his head?
(a) Going in public.
(b) Driving.
(c) Flying.
(d) Speaking.

4. According to Thompson, how high above his feet was his head while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

5. What did Thompson see upon entering the kitchen?
(a) A naked woman.
(b) A man cooking.
(c) A dancing woman.
(d) A prostitute with cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leach's wife had gone to the store for ___________.

3. 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"?

4. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?

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

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