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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What city does the Captain live and work in?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Winston-Salem.

4. What does Bliss remember most clearly about Heather Holloway in Chapter 7?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her laugh.
(d) Her perfume.

5. What does the MOD Squad regularly sneak Nick in Chapter 12?
(a) Articles about him.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Food from Berts.
(d) FBI reports.

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

7. Which coworker comes to Naylor's office with overly-excited praise in Chapter 7?
(a) Gazelle.
(b) Gomez O'Neal.
(c) BR.
(d) Jeannette.

8. What simple request does Nick Naylor make in Chapter 7 that prompts Gazelle to make a smart comment?
(a) He asks he to get him lunch.
(b) He tells her to hold his calls.
(c) He asks her to collate some papers.
(d) He asks for coffee.

9. At the end of Chapter 9, what does Heather say attracts her to Nick?
(a) His gift for rationalization.
(b) His preternatural cool.
(c) The way he smokes.
(d) His absence of morality.

10. In Chapter 1, how does Nick characterize JJ Hollister?
(a) An old tobacco-man.
(b) A belligerant drunk.
(c) A corporate hack.
(d) A ghost of a human being.

11. For what organization did Carlton used to work?
(a) Department of Defense.
(b) ATF.
(c) FBI.
(d) CIA.

12. Who else is on the panel on which Naylor sits in the Prologue?
(a) Anti-smoking proponents.
(b) Marketing analysts.
(c) Tobacco executives.
(d) Politicians.

13. How does Oprah treat Nick Naylor backstage in Chapter 5?
(a) She is friendly.
(b) She is confrontational.
(c) She is flirty.
(d) She is cold.

14. Which of the following is a historic event that popularized smoking cited by by Naylor in Chapter 4?
(a) World War I.
(b) Development of modern grocery stores.
(c) Air travel.
(d) The advent of television.

15. With what fictional newspaper does Heather Holloway have an interview coming up in Chapter 12?
(a) Los Angeles Press.
(b) Washington Sun.
(c) New York Courier.
(d) Baltimore Reader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Naylor use to describe the office's collective attitude toward him in the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. How does Naylor return to Washington D.C. at the end of Chapter 6?

3. To what actor does Naick compare the voice of the lead nico-terrorist in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 12, what do the two D.C. policeman think Nick is?

5. What reason does Naylor give the Captain for working at the Academy in Chapter 6?

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