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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ted Kennedy drive off a bridge?
(a) Martha's Vineyard.
(b) Northern California.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Chappaquiddick.

2. What concert did Thompson watch on "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) The Who.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Doors.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

3. Who won the Superbowl in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) Seattle Mariners.
(b) Chicago Bears.
(c) New York Giants.
(d) Dallas Cowboys.

4. Where did Thompson wish the Filipino president would be sent, in "Memo from the War Room?"
(a) Australia.
(b) Northern Ireland.
(c) Vesco Island.
(d) Elba Island.

5. What time did Thompson receive a phone call in "Showdown in the Pig Palace?"
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson say was gored by a buffalo in "Buffalo Gores a Visitor?"

2. "The Hellfire Club" discussed the sexual scandals of the televangelists Jimmy Swaggart and who else?

3. In "The Hellfire Club," Thompson compared politicians' and evangelists' affairs to British men in what century?

4. Who did Thompson hope would go to South Africa with him, in "The Worst People in the World?"

5. What was Thompson's girlfriend getting a tattoo of in "Saturday Night in the City"?

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