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

2. What uncharacteristic act does BR take regarding Nick at the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. How does Oprah treat Nick Naylor backstage in Chapter 5?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does the Captain insist be done for Nick?

5. What disguise does the nico-terrorist who sticks a gun in Nick's back in Chapter 11 wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Academy respond to the death threat in Chapter 9?

2. How does Nick Naylor defend his position at Clean Lungs 2000?

3. What is the purpose of Nick Naylor's meeting with Reverend Griggs in Chapter 10?

4. What bet do Polly and Bobby Jay make at Bert's in Chapter 7?

5. How does Oprah betray Naylor at the beginning of Chapter 5?

6. What does the reader learn about Gazelle in Chapter 7?

7. What is the MOD Squad?

8. In Chapter 3, how does BR try to undermine Naylor?

9. What is the Academy of Tobacco Studies?

10. Why was Nick Naylor fired as a television reporter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about cigarettes as a symbol in the novel. How are cigarettes at once an enduring icon in American history and a sort of scapegoat for American excess? What do cigarettes symbolize in Buckley's novel? How does the attitudes and biases surrounding them permeate every aspect of Nick Naylor's life? How do they simultaneously endanger him and save his life in the novel? In summation, discuss whether cigarettes are presented in a largely positive or negative light.

Essay Topic 2

The narrative of Thank You for Smoking is peppered with interactions between Nick Naylor and individuals that he wants to encourage to join the push in improving tobacco's image. Write an essay about these interchanges. What does each person have to offer big tobacco? How does Naylor go about convincing individual in question that teaming up with the Academy is a good idea? What compromised ethics are required in this deal?

Part 1) Penelope Dent

Part 2) Jeff Megall

Part 3) Lorne Lutch

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the Academy of Tobacco Studies. Begin by analyzing its name, how it is itself an act of brazen deception. Who founds the Academy, and what historical event in the late 1950's precipitates its founding? At the beginning of the novel, what is the public perception of the Academy and Nick as a representative of it? In summation, discuss how the Academy serves as a symbol for all lobbyists in the novel.

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