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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who killed all of Skinner's contacts in "Four Million Thugs?"
(a) The CIA.
(b) The Tonton Macoute.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The Tutsi.

4. Who did Thompson call in "The Woman from Kiev?"
(a) Frank Mankiewicz.
(b) Ralph Steadman.
(c) Sarah Stephens.
(d) Skinner.

5. What was the Captain's name in "Salvage is Not Looting?"
(a) Brady.
(b) Crazy Bob.
(c) Adam.
(d) Elgin.

6. Who called Thompson in "Apres Moi, le Deluge?"
(a) CBS News.
(b) Marco.
(c) Skinner.
(d) Frank.

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

8. Thompson claimed, in "Let the Cheap Dogs Eat," that the most successful dog fighters make up to how much money in a night?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $10,000.

9. "A Generation of Swine" begins with Thompson describing people's obsessions with doing what at home?
(a) Watching movies.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Testing their health.
(d) Socializing.

10. When did Thompson plan on going to Haiti, in "Kill Them Before They Eat?"
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Carnivale.
(d) July.

11. In "Deported to Malaysia," Thompson received a call from his attorney, who was attempting to save a ____ man from killing himself at a bar near the golf course.
(a) Israeli.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Mexican.

12. 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) Dan Roberts.
(b) Wolf Blitzer.
(c) Dan Hinkle.
(d) Dan Rather.

13. Where was Thompson at the beginning of "Strictly Business?"
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Denver.

14. What did Thompson receive in "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?"
(a) A contract.
(b) A porn video.
(c) The Reagan Report.
(d) The Meese Report.

15. Boca Chica was the most popular bar where?
(a) Miami.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) New York.
(d) Key West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson hope would send him to South Africa in "The Worst People in the World?"

2. "Dealing with Pigs" was Thompson's reaction to what?

3. Where did "Saturday Night in the City" take place?

4. In "Lester Maddox Lives," the Supreme Court refused to overturn which anti-sodomy law?

5. What work did Thompson say he has used more lines from than any other work?

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