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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What date is the second entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) February 19.
(b) February 18.
(c) March 12.
(d) February 20.

3. Who sang "The Weight" on the radio in "Mescalito"?
(a) Duke Ellington.
(b) Melvin Laird.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Bing Crosby.

4. What veteran CBS journalist did Thompson describe as being condescending in "Mescalito"?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) George Herman.
(d) Walter Cronkite.

5. Thompson wrote while under the influence of mescaline that there was not much connection between his head and his ________.
(a) Soul.
(b) Heart.
(c) Mind.
(d) Body.

6. What kind of credit card did Thompson use for payment at the liquor store in "Mescalito"?
(a) American Express.
(b) Mastercard.
(c) Diner's Club.
(d) Visa.

7. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as "wily old"?
(a) Charwoman.
(b) Super.
(c) Wolf-bat.
(d) Troll.

8. When is George Washington's birthday?
(a) February 22.
(b) February 28.
(c) February 25.
(d) February 27.

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

10. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) Sisters of Mercy Liquor.
(b) King's Cellar Liquor.
(c) Jackson Square Liquor.
(d) Pearl Street Liquor.

11. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) The L.A. Club.
(b) Whisky-a-Go-Go.
(c) Studio 54.
(d) Whiskytown Go Go.

12. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?
(a) Charles Starkweather.
(b) Berlioz.
(c) Philip Glass.
(d) Johann Sebastian Bach.

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

14. When did Thompson write that "it started" in his letter in the Introduction?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Groundhog Day.
(d) Valentine's Day.

15. Who was a civil rights activist, a leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate busing in the United states?
(a) James Farmer, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) George Herman.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Introduction, what was Thompson going to murder in his backyard?

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

3. Who had a twenty-fifth-floor Hilton suite in "Mescalito"?

4. According to Thompson, "Singer sewing time is ____ minutes until eight o'clock."

5. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?

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