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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?
(a) A copy of his book.
(b) Her husband's necktie.
(c) Her housekey.
(d) A cloth napkin.

2. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) Paul Goodman.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Ed de Grazia.

3. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?
(a) Hippies.
(b) The government.
(c) Fellow artists.
(d) Himself.

4. How many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?
(a) About 40.
(b) 10.
(c) About 100.
(d) About 150.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?
(a) To wound the American military symbolically.
(b) To provide Paul Goodman a platform to self-promote.
(c) To achieve publicity for the next day's events.
(d) To obstruct the daily activity of the Pentagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Mailer do after leaving the theatre?

2. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?

3. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

4. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?

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