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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. Thompson warned himself to stay away from ___________ during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito."
(a) The lamp post.
(b) The phone.
(c) The bed.
(d) The carpet.

2. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"
(a) Hell's Angels.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Fear and Loathing.

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

4. What drug did Thompson equate mescaline as being very much like in "Mescalito"?
(a) LSD.
(b) Psylocibin.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Cocaine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the opening of "Mescalito" Thompson was full of pills, club sandwiches, and _____________.

3. Which ad did Thompson discuss at length in "Mescalito"?

4. In what year does "Mescalito" begin?

5. How did Thompson describe his typewriter keys while tripping in "Mescalito"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Thompson describe the imagery as he began to peak? What did the typewriter look like?

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

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

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

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

6. What scene on the Pacific Coast Highway did Thompson describe in "Mescalito"?

7. What holiday was approaching in "Mescalito"? What advertisements did Thompson hear regarding the holiday?

8. Why had a dope freak tried to steal the Goodyear blimp in "Mescalito"?

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

10. What did Thompson write about Alfie's?

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