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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?
(a) Type.
(b) Walk.
(c) Think.
(d) Dance.

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

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

4. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?
(a) Mahalo.
(b) Aloha.
(c) Halou.
(d) Mahola.

5. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" that the little red indicator that moves along with the ball on the typewriter appeared to be made of _________.
(a) Blood.
(b) Rubies.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Watermelon.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had Thompson been chased and tormented by giant radioactive creatures in the Introduction?

2. What drug did Thompson equate mescaline as being very much like in "Mescalito"?

3. Thompson wrote in "Mescalito" while tripping that his eyes felt bigger than____________.

4. In the Introduction, where was Thompson placed after his escape?

5. In what city did Thompson write that Nixon had ordered the Condor Legion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparisons did Thompson make between acid and mescaline?

2. Describe Hunter S. Thompson as the central character in "Mescalito." What are his objectives?

3. What scene did Thompson write of having witnessed with the police?

4. What was the setting of "Mescalito"? Where was Thompson as the story began?

5. What happened to Thompson's concentration as the trip continued?

6. What metaphor did Thompson made in describing his brain while tripping?

7. What did Thompson lament about his work in the entry from February 18 in "Mescalito"?

8. What was Thompson able to do with extraordinary speed and precision while tripping?

9. What did Thompson believe the typewriter indicator looked like in "Mescalito"?

10. What combination of drugs had Thompson taken?

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