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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thompson was anxious about _____________coming into his hotel room in "Mescalito."
(a) His boss.
(b) A maid.
(c) His mother.
(d) Oscar.

2. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?
(a) The police.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The episode.
(d) The Book.

3. What kind of music did Thompson describe on the radio while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) Drums.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Flute.
(d) Saxophone.

4. Thompson wrote about _______________singing White Rabbit in "Mescalito."
(a) Jim Morrison.
(b) Jefferson Airplane.
(c) Martin Bormann.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

5. Whom did Thompson write of in Jerusalem in "Mescalito"?
(a) Anthony Hatch.
(b) Andrew Watson.
(c) Michael Stewart.
(d) Melvin Laird.

6. What had gone off in the night in Thompson's second entry from "Mescalito"?
(a) His alarm.
(b) A tornado alert.
(c) A police siren.
(d) The fire alarm.

7. From where did Thompson write he had returned in the Introduction?
(a) New York.
(b) The Great Beyond.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Wilderness.

8. Which ad did Thompson discuss at length in "Mescalito"?
(a) Johnson and Johnson Soap.
(b) S.O.S. Pads.
(c) Hoover Vacuum Cleaners.
(d) Singer Sewing Machines.

9. At what hotel was Thompson staying in "Mescalito"?
(a) The Continental Hotel.
(b) The Dellmore Inn.
(c) The San Franciscan.
(d) The Four Seasons Hotel.

10. What kind of beer was Thompson drinking during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito"?
(a) Budweiser.
(b) Coors.
(c) Corona.
(d) Pabst.

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

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

13. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) George Herman.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Hubert Humphrey.

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

15. Where did Thompson write of people howling over late deadlines in "Mescalito"?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Denver.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. Thompson warned himself to stay away from ___________ during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito."

3. Thompson wrote while under the influence of mescaline that there was not much connection between his head and his ________.

4. What did Thompson consider mixing with ice fragments to drink in "Mescalito"?

5. Thompson wrote in the Introduction that it was as though in a previous life he had been a ______________.

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