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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-30, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What controversial move has Nick Naylor long been making regarding tobacco's public image?
(a) He wants to pay politicians to smoke in their ads.
(b) He wants to say cigarettes are a good source of calcium.
(c) He wants to freeze all public statements.
(d) He wants to admit cigarettes are a health risk.

2. What news does Jeannette give Nick at dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) Gordon Craighead was behind his abduction.
(b) Finisterre is introducing new tobacco legislation.
(c) The Captain is dying.
(d) BR is thinking of leaving the Academy.

3. What is the topic of the story of the audience member who interrupts Nick Naylor at the conference in the Prologue?
(a) A relative who died of lung cancer.
(b) A parent who had emphesema.
(c) A friend who lost a jaw from chewing tobacco.
(d) Her own struggle with lung disease.

4. Which former Nixon apparatchik founded the organization to which Bobby Jay belongs at the end of the novel?
(a) Haldemann.
(b) Colson.
(c) Dean.
(d) Liddy.

5. What creative way does a man say he will kill Naylor in a message given to him by Gazelle in Chapter 7?
(a) Skin him alive.
(b) Tie him to four horses and geeing them up.
(c) Pouring tar down his throat.
(d) Bury him to his neck by an anthill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bliss remember most clearly about Heather Holloway in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the hotel where Nick is staying in Chapter 17?

3. What game does Nick play as he drives to St. Euthanasius in Chapter 10?

4. In what television show is Nick Naylor on in the Prologue?

5. What recommendation does the Captain make to Nick in a call in Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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