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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. What is Donald Kalish's profession?
(a) He is a professor.
(b) He is a writer.
(c) He is a priest.
(d) He is a news reporter.

2. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?
(a) His struggles with intense constipation.
(b) His urination before the show.
(c) How he ran into a dog on the highway yesterday.
(d) A woman he slept with earlier in the week.

3. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?
(a) The military.
(b) Havana.
(c) Paris.
(d) The south of Mexico

4. What crime would Mailer be guilty of in returning young men's draft cards during the march, according to the statement in Chapter 2?
(a) Theft of government property.
(b) Impeding an executive order.
(c) Providing comfort to the enemies of the U.S.
(d) Aiding someone refusing the draft.

5. How many days in jail is Mailer sentenced to in Chapter 9?
(a) 5.
(b) 60.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?

2. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?

3. How does Mailer describe the MP's face at the end of Chapter 1?

4. What does Mailer begin working on in Occaquan in Chapter 7?

5. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?

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