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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 was the woman at the car rental counter doing when Thompson arrived?
(a) Talking on the phone to her mother.
(b) Talking on the phone to her boyfriend.
(c) Laughing uncontrollably.
(d) Weeping uncontrollably.

2. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Ice.
(b) Water.
(c) Stone.
(d) Fire.

3. What did Thompson back on the balcony to get while waiting for Oscar in "Mescalito"?
(a) The beer.
(b) The ice bucket.
(c) The vodka.
(d) The pills.

4. How many flower children walked below Thompson's window and waved at him in "Mescalito"?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?

2. What did Thompson write "is all that matters--except for the horrible scars" in the Introduction?

3. According to Thompson, to the flower children in "Mescalito" he must have been seen as just another ________________.

4. Thompson warned himself to stay away from ___________ during his mescaline trip in "Mescalito."

5. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?

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