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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Mr. Screwjack by saying, "Like my beast and my ____, my perfect dream lover, like that ghost that I must forget."

2. What did Mr. Screwjack give the narrator "under the chin"?

3. Who called on the telephone for the second narrator in "Screwjack"?

4. How many years after Mr. Screwjack's disappearance did the narrator encounter him again?

5. The poem at the beginning of "Death of a Poet" describes a coffin of __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of the bet in "Death of a Poet"?

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

3. What did Leach tell the narrator was the savior of his marriage in "Death of a Poet"?

4. What image did the narrator imagine of Leach's neighbors in "Death of a Poet"?

5. What startling sight did the narrator find in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet"?

6. How did Leach introduce "Jennifer" in "Death of a Poet"?

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

8. What did Leach do at the end of "Death of a Poet"?

9. What lines open "Death of a Poet"? To whom are they attributed?

10. Describe briefly the career of Hunter S. Thompson. For what genre of journalism was he known?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of "Death of a Poet." How is the setting integral to the plot of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Thompson's letter in the Introduction to Screw-jack. To whom was the author writing? What imagery and events did he detail in the letter?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Thompson's interactions with the flower children in "Mescalito." What was ironic about their relationship?

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