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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of music did Thompson describe on the radio while tripping in "Mescalito"?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Drums.
(d) Flute.

2. Which American journalist covered world news for more than 60 years and was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR)?
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) Daniel Schorr.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) George Herman.

3. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?
(a) Mighty Casey.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Mighty Ott.
(d) Mighty Mick.

4. According to a sales jingle quoted by Thompson, "We cannot tell a lie, our machines will ___ you into a bag so fast you'll think you went blind."
(a) Sew.
(b) Zip.
(c) Tie.
(d) Bind.

5. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?
(a) Walk.
(b) Type.
(c) Think.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sporting event had just taken place in "Death of a Poet"?

2. What did Thompson claim he was not in his letter in the Introduction?

3. In what city did Thompson write that Nixon had ordered the Condor Legion?

4. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

5. Who was a civil rights activist, a leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate busing in the United states?

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