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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, what does the autocrat in Naylor's story do to those caught selling tobacco?
(a) He beheads them.
(b) He burns them alive.
(c) He imprisons them.
(d) He cuts off their hands.

2. In Chapter 9, what words does Heather use to describe Nick's assertion that he works for tobacco to pay the rent?
(a) The moral equivalency principle.
(b) Yuppie Nuremberg defense.
(c) Fantastical disassociation.
(d) Aww-shucks rationalization.

3. What does Polly Bailey say her beer wholesalers are coming to Washington to protest in Chapter 2?
(a) Higher fuel rates.
(b) A new excise tax.
(c) Stricter transportation laws.
(d) Dry county legislation.

4. What event prompted Bliss to join the military in the 1960's?
(a) The Tet Offensive.
(b) The assassination of Robert Kennedy.
(c) The Kent State shootings.
(d) Woodstock.

5. What does BR refuse from Naylor at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Small talk.
(d) A bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which governmental agency has recently released a damning report regarding second-hand smoke at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. What is Nick Naylor's title at the Academy of Tobacco Studies?

3. What was Lorne Lutch's occupation before he got cancer?

4. What body part did Bobby Jay Bliss lose in the Vietnam War?

5. What recent surgery has the Captain undergone when Naylor meets him in Chapter 6?

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