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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Thompson's heart rate in "A Generation of Swine?"
(a) 64.
(b) 75.
(c) 65.
(d) 73.

2. Who did Thompson say would be elected in 1988, at his lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Gary Hart.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Frank Zappa.

3. Where was Thompson traveling, in "Slow Day at the Airport?"
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Denver.
(d) Sacramento.

4. Who did Thompson bet against in the Chicago Bears game in "Meat Sickness?"
(a) New Orleans Saints.
(b) Seattle Mariners.
(c) New York Giants.
(d) New England Patriots.

5. At what university was Thompson going to lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Concordia University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Berkeley University.

6. Thompson was critical of the government's spending on what, in "Welcome to the Tunnel?"
(a) Prison.
(b) Social reform.
(c) Wars.
(d) Wall Street.

7. Where was Thompson going to lecture in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) New York.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Montreal.

8. What porn actress was revealed to have been underage while making her first films, in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?"
(a) Jenna Jameson.
(b) Alice Walters.
(c) Traci Lords.
(d) Debbie Khan.

9. In "Rise of the TV Preachers," Thompson argued that Pat Robertson would run for President because he was lured by the power that who seemed to wield with the White House?
(a) Jimmy Stewart.
(b) Jim Baker.
(c) Oral Roberts.
(d) Jerry Falwell.

10. Who came to visit Thompson in "They All Drowned?"
(a) Marie.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Ralph Steadman.
(d) Frank Mankiewicz.

11. Who butchered an ox with Reagan's face on it, in "Ox Butchered in Tripoli?"
(a) Hussein.
(b) Kazinsky.
(c) Marcos.
(d) Khadafy.

12. Who did Thompson discover was withdrawing from the race in "Apres Moi, le Deluge?"
(a) Patrick Buchanan.
(b) Geoge Bush.
(c) Gary Hart.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

13. What did Thompson write would eventually cover all of Utah, in "They All Drowned?"
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) A glacier.
(d) Great Salt Lake.

14. Who was trying to interview Thompson in "Bad Nerves in Fat City" when the interview was disrupted by an angry woman pounding on the hotel room door?
(a) Wolf Blitzer.
(b) Dan Hinkle.
(c) Dan Rather.
(d) Dan Roberts.

15. Where did Thompson go with Doug and Terrence in "The Beast with Three Backs?"
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A gift shop.
(c) A strip club.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thompson plan on going to Haiti, in "Kill Them Before They Eat?"

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

3. Thompson believed that who had a lesser chance of winning the election because he encouraged the Saudi Arabian government to raise oil prices?

4. What concert did Thompson watch on "Memo from the War Room?"

5. In "The Worst People in the World," Thompson claimed to be applying for what?

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