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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. 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) Daniel Schorr.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) George Herman.

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

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

4. 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) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) James Farmer, Jr.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) George Herman.

5. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.
(a) Old Crow.
(b) Jack Daniels.
(c) Jameson's.
(d) Evan Williams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as an unbearable experience that would blow the top right off his head?

3. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?

4. What time did Thompson write it was at the beginning of his second entry of "Mescalito"?

5. What did Thompson worry he might wig out and demand in "Mescalito"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What noise was distracting Thompson in the middle of the night on February 18 in "Mescalito"? How?

3. To what radio station did Thompson vow to send a check? Why?

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

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

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

7. What drug had Thompson never before had in "Mescalito"? What were his initial experiences like?

8. What conflicts did Thompson face in "Mescalito" after his drug trip began?

9. Who passed below Thompson's hotel room in "Mescalito"? What interaction did they have?

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

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