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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. For what do Thompson and the attorney tell the waitress in Part II, Chapter 9 they are looking?

2. What do Thompson and the attorney ask the Hotel Flamingo maid to do in Part II, Chapter 11?

3. About what does the person who called Thompson in his Hotel Flamingo room in Part II, Chapter 12 have information?

4. What did the young man do with the astronaut’s autograph?

5. What car does Thompson chose at the rental booth in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thompson find when he enters his hotel room in Part II, Chapter 3?

2. What does Thompson read in the pharmacy parking lot?

3. How does Thompson’s young friend get out of his trouble, as described in Part II, Chapter 10?

4. What happened to a friend of Thompson’s in Las Vegas, as described in Part II, Chapter 10?

5. Where does Thompson and the attorney sit at the first day of the convention and what are they each wearing?

6. What does Thompson do with the Red Shark in the beginning of Part II, and what does he do right after that?

7. Why does Thompson stop east of Baker and what does he get at a pharmacy?

8. What do Thompson and the attorney tell the DA from Georgia and what is the DA’s reaction to it?

9. How does Thompson handle the situation with the Hotel Flamingo desk clerk in Part II, Chapter 4?

10. How is Thompson doing several hours after taking the attorney’s advise in Part II, Chapter 5, and what must Thompson do at noon the next day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The two automobiles that Thompson and the attorney use are a red Chevy convertible and a white Cadillac convertible. The two men even name the cars.

Compare symbolism of the great red shark and the white whale. What do they represent? How do they tie in with Thompson’s view of the American culture? If the two were in a life and death struggle, who would win, the red shark or the white whale? Why? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

Essay Topic 3

Thompson and his attorney consume massive amounts of drugs in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Discuss the destruction of property, the violence, immoral behavior and inability to behave in a socially acceptable manner due to the drugs the two men use. Use examples from the text to support your answer.19. Discuss the following:

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a book? Do you think Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would qualify as a book with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fictionalized memoir and do you think Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

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