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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?
(a) They applaud politely.
(b) They boo him.
(c) Halk of them walk out.
(d) They give him a standing ovation.

2. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(b) Know one knows the route.
(c) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.
(d) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.

3. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?
(a) A jazz musician riffing on a theme.
(b) A lawyer parsing words.
(c) A mason laying foundation.
(d) A surgeon tending a breech birth.

4. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) The Executioner's Song.
(b) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(c) The Naked and the Dead.
(d) The White Negro.

5. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?
(a) Macdonald.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Lowell.
(d) Mailer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

2. Who is entertaining the audience when the speakers arrive?

3. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?

4. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?

5. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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