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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of the third entry in "Mescalito"?
(a) March 14.
(b) February 20.
(c) February 21.
(d) February 18-19.

2. From where did Thompson write he had returned in the Introduction?
(a) New York.
(b) The Great Beyond.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Wilderness.

3. What kind of credit card did Thompson use for payment at the liquor store in "Mescalito"?
(a) Mastercard.
(b) Visa.
(c) American Express.
(d) Diner's Club.

4. What Hawaiian word for "thank you" did Thompson write in the Introduction?
(a) Mahola.
(b) Halou.
(c) Aloha.
(d) Mahalo.

5. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?
(a) Charles Starkweather.
(b) Johann Sebastian Bach.
(c) Philip Glass.
(d) Berlioz.

6. When is George Washington's birthday?
(a) February 27.
(b) February 25.
(c) February 22.
(d) February 28.

7. What did Thompson creep across the room to get to help with the sunlight in "Mescalito"?
(a) A window blind.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A lamp shade.

8. The clerk at the liquor store asked Thompson, "Aren't you the guy who did that ______ thing?"
(a) Nixon.
(b) Hell's Angels.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Fear and Loathing.

9. What is the date of the first entry of "Mescalito"?
(a) February 16.
(b) September 18.
(c) February 23.
(d) March 12.

10. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?
(a) The Book.
(b) The episode.
(c) The police.
(d) The hospital.

11. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his drug trip as "a buzzing without noise, high-speed vibrations and more ___________."
(a) Tremors.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Angels.
(d) Brightness.

12. In what city did "Mescalito" take place?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Las Vegas.

13. Which airline was mentioned in connection with the following quote: "Xerox copy with author's notes of yesterday's program..."?
(a) Continental Airlines.
(b) Delta Airlines.
(c) American Airlines.
(d) U.S. Airlines.

14. What did Thompson write he now had a fifth of in the beginning of "Mescalito"?
(a) Crown Royal.
(b) Gentleman Jack.
(c) Sobieski.
(d) Louis Martini Barbera.

15. Thompson wrote in the letter in the Introduction that he had been unable to be contacted by anyone but whom?
(a) The Animals.
(b) The Bushmen.
(c) The Doctors.
(d) The Holtz family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thompson write he could do much faster than normal while under the effects of mescaline in "Mescalito"?

2. What drug did Thompson equate mescaline as being very much like in "Mescalito"?

3. Which ad did Thompson discuss at length in "Mescalito"?

4. In the Introduction, where was Thompson placed after his escape?

5. At the Luau, who could remember when Farmer was a radical?

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