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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. Who was a friend of F. X. Leach in a 1992 Rolling Stone article by Hunter S. Thompson?

2. What did the narrator do just before throwing Mr. Screwjack into the cold?

3. Upon what had the narrator drooled, according to his prayer in "Screwjack"?

4. The second narrator told Screwjack that he was no better than that punk who fell for _____________.

5. What did Leach tell Thompson he was about to do when he arrived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Screwjack do in the ending of the narrative?

2. What happened when Duke threw Screwjack out?

3. What had the narrator just done with Screwjack in the beginning of the story?

4. What did the second narrator do to Screwjack?

5. How is the narrative style of "Screwjack" similar to the other stories in the collection? How does it differ?

6. What other work had Thompson written centering on the character F.X. Leach?

7. What was the critical and public reaction to the collection of stories in Screw-jack?

8. Describe the individual, F.X. Leach. What was his occupation? How did the narrator of "Death of a Poet" know him?

9. What did Leach do at the end of "Death of a Poet"?

10. Who was the narrator going to see in "Death of a Poet"? What mood was he in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Thompson's letter in the Introduction to Screw-jack. To whom was the author writing? What imagery and events did he detail in the letter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of "Death of a Poet." How is the setting integral to the plot of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the title character in "Screwjack." What kind of animal is Screwjack? What is he symbolic of in the narrative?

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