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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Crazy Patrick and Big Al" refered to Patrick Buchanan and who?
(a) Alexander Haig.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) Alexander Williams.
(d) Alex Beck.

2. Thompson wrote that no press secretary had truly been good since either Pierre Salinger under Kennedy or who at the beginning of Reagan's first term?
(a) Marlin Fitzwater.
(b) Jim Brady.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Robert McFarlane.

3. Thompson believed that who has a chance at the presidential election in "Caligula and the 7 Dwarfs?"
(a) Bush.
(b) Dukakis.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Biden.

4. What Democratic Senator did Thompson attack in "The Losers' Club?"
(a) Joe Biden.
(b) Gary Hart.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Terry Sanford.

5. Who did Thompson write was frequently quoting Bible verses, in "The Lake of Fire?"
(a) Patrick Buchanan.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Oliver North.
(d) George Bush.

6. Who did Thompson's friend bet on in his Superbowl bet, in "Trapped in Harding Park?"
(a) New England Patriots.
(b) Denver Broncos.
(c) New York Giants.
(d) Chicago Bears.

7. Who was forced to relocate PLO headquarters from Tunis, in "Let the Good Times Roll?"
(a) Vladimir Putin.
(b) Yassir Arafat.
(c) Gorbachev.
(d) Eugene Hasenfus.

8. In "The End of an Era," Thompson laid most of the fault of Reagan's presidency at the feet of whom?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Ed Meese.
(d) Richard Haynes.

9. The weapons supplied to the Iranian regime killed hundreds of marines where?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) France.
(c) Israel.
(d) Somalia.

10. What was the chapter title "A Wild and Crazy Guy" in reference to?
(a) Saturday Night Live.
(b) A John Denver song.
(c) I Love Lucy.
(d) A Beatles song.

11. Who celebrated wildly after the Gary Hart scandal, according to Thompson, in "A Wild and Crazy Guy?"
(a) Haig.
(b) Biden.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Bush.

12. What obscure musician did Skinner claim George Bush is a fan of, in "The Other George Bush?"
(a) Tom Waits.
(b) Bjork.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) Leonard Cohen.

13. Thompson believed who would be forced to retire, in "The Year of the Pig?"
(a) Ed Meese.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Henry Kissinger.
(d) Herbert Huncke.

14. Who was Reagan's new Supreme Court nominee in "Here Come de Judge?"
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Robert Bork.
(c) Andrew McWarren.
(d) Richard Ensler.

15. Who did Thompson remind that Oliver North supplied the Iranians with arms in "It was You, Charlie?"
(a) Marie.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Crazy Bob.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thompson believe clearly won the Democratic presidential nomination debate?

2. In "Cowboys at Sea," Thompson related the testimony in court to an attack of an oil tanker where?

3. In "The New Dumb," Thompson concluded that the Democratic Party had learned nothing since which election?

4. In "The Loved Ones," who was considered for a furlough that was ultimately denied because of a public outcry?

5. Who was Richard Nixon's attorney during the Watergate scandal?

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