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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Dr. Ben Spock.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) Norman Mailer.

2. From what era of literature does Mailer saying he is drawing a convention in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Neoclassical Era.
(b) The Victorian Era.
(c) The Modernist Era.
(d) The Romantic Era.

3. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?
(a) Mitch Goodman.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Abbie Hoffman.
(d) Jean Genet.

4. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Thomas Aquinis.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) John O'Hara.

5. At which hotel is Mailer staying?
(a) The Marriot.
(b) The Watergate.
(c) The Willard.
(d) The Hay-Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?

2. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

3. How does Mailer respond to the band's ritual in Chapter 6?

4. Which Ivy League university did both Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller graduate from?

5. Who is Mailer's lawyer in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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