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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did the dynamite-laden vehicle sit in Thompson's yard before a neighbor blew it up, in "Orgy of the Dead?"

2. In "The Other George Bush," Skinner asserted that George Bush is smarter than whom?

3. In "The Garden of Agony," Thompson analyzed the role of what in politics?

4. Who was the Secretary of State who was running for President in 1988?

5. Where did Thompson go, in "White Trash with Money?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was discussed in "Let the Good Times Roll"? Why were they newsworthy?

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

3. Describe Thompson's criteria for statistics, in "The Time Has Come."

4. What did Thompson detail, in "Back to the Ormsby House"?

5. What did Thompson's sources tell him in "The Worm Turns"? What was his conclusion?

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

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

8. What is the subject of "The Weak in the Weird"?

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

10. Why did Thompson encounter a psychic in "The Gizzard of Darkness"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the article "They Called Him Deep Throat." Who are the figures in this narrative? What was the correlation that Thompson was making?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the outcome of the 1988 Presidential Election. What was Thompson's take on the final victory? To whom did Thompson write in his final article of the text? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the events surrounding the Chernobyl disaster. How many people were killed? Why did Thompson discuss this event?

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