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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Other George Bush," Skinner asserted that George Bush is smarter than whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Andrew Walker.

2. What Democratic Senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee was a presidential nominee?
(a) Michael Dukakis.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Joe Biden.

3. In "The Garden of Agony," Thompson analyzed the role of what in politics?
(a) Money.
(b) Religion.
(c) Fame.
(d) Charisma.

4. Whose testimony was described, in "Blame It on Dead Bill?"
(a) George Bush.
(b) Ed Meese.
(c) Oliver North.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

5. Who was likely to go on trial, in "The American Dream?"
(a) George Bush.
(b) Oliver North.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Joe Biden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson attempt to blow up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"

2. Where did Thompson have lunch, in "It Was You, Charlie?"

3. What did Thompson compare the Iran-Contra scandal to, in "Gone with the Wind?"

4. What obscure musician did Skinner claim George Bush is a fan of, in "The Other George Bush?"

5. Who did Thompson make a phone call to, in "The Death Ship?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject of the article, "The Loved Ones"?

2. To whom did Hunter S. Thompson write in the end of the book? Why?

3. What picture did Thompson portray in "The Lake of Fire"?

4. What did Thompson contend about the role of money in politics?

5. Who did Thompson suggest would make a comeback in "Wooing the Degenerate Vote"? How?

6. How did Thompson show the public opinion of Oliver North in, "It Was You, Charlie"?

7. What was Thompson describing watching, in "President Bush Will See You Now"? What was Thompson's appraisal?

8. Who were "Crazy Patrick and Big Al"? What did Thompson foretell in this chapter?

9. Who is described in "The Scum of the Earth"?

10. What were Thompson's predictions, in "The Trickle Down Theory"?

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