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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. The second narrator told Screwjack that he was no better than that punk who fell for _____________.
(a) Nixon.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Humphrey.
(d) Mailer.

2. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Fitfully.
(b) Clothed.
(c) Naked.
(d) Dreamlessly.

3. Where was Hunter S. Thompson born?
(a) Birmingham, AL.
(b) Louisville, KY.
(c) Lexington, VA.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. What did Thompson see upon entering the kitchen?
(a) A dancing woman.
(b) A prostitute with cocaine.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) A man cooking.

5. The narrator described at the beginning of "Screwjack" that a crust of snow had formed on the porch since ____________.
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Yesterday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which team did Leach bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

2. Where did Mr. Screwjack try to coax the narrator after dinner?

3. What did Leach throw at Thompson in the kitchen?

4. What sporting event had just taken place in "Death of a Poet"?

5. What did Thompson go to the kitchen to get in "Death of a Poet"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long was Screwjack gone before returning to Duke? What was he like?

2. What had the narrator just done with Screwjack in the beginning of the story?

3. Describe the use of imagery in "Death of a Poet." What images are symbolic in the story? How?

4. What was the critical and public reaction to the collection of stories in Screw-jack?

5. What interaction did the narrator have with the car rental employee in "Death of a Poet"?

6. Who "wrote" the opening chapter of "Screwjack"? What exposition is revealed here?

7. Who was the narrator going to see in "Death of a Poet"? What mood was he in?

8. Who is described in the beginning of the letter in "Screwjack"?

9. Where had the narrator arrived in "Death of a Poet"? What did he see upon arrival?

10. What surprise news did Leach break on the narrator in "Death of a Poet"?

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