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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mescalito, Pages 30 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ad did Thompson discuss at length in "Mescalito"?
(a) Johnson and Johnson Soap.
(b) Singer Sewing Machines.
(c) Hoover Vacuum Cleaners.
(d) S.O.S. Pads.

2. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?
(a) Escape.
(b) Decadence.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Mescaline.

3. Thompson wrote that ___________ was "keeping me on my rails, without it I'd be completely adrift and weird" in "Mescalito"?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The typewriter.
(c) The television.
(d) The radio.

4. What were the police and ambulances scrambling toward as Thompson watched in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) The L.A. Club.
(b) Whiskytown Go Go.
(c) Whisky-a-Go-Go.
(d) Studio 54.

5. Whom did Thompson feel like while conversing with the flower children in "Mescalito"?
(a) Johnny Carson.
(b) James Farmer.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hearing news of ______________ was too much for a tortured head in "Mescalito"?

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

3. When did Thompson write that "it started" in his letter in the Introduction?

4. What liquor store did Thompson walk down to in the first entry of "Mescalito"?

5. According to the Introduction, what was Thompson going to murder in his backyard?

(see the answer key)

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