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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the bus in Chapter 4 taking Mailer and the other marchers?
(a) A bus depot in Brookland.
(b) A post office in Alexandria.
(c) A police station in Bethesda.
(d) A school in Baltimore.

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

3. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) Macdonald.
(b) Lowell.
(c) The Time Magazine reporter.
(d) Goodman.

4. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?
(a) Stay away from it.
(b) Be photographed with the organizer.
(c) Cover it for the Village Voice.
(d) Speak at it.

5. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) William Sloane Coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

2. After a term in which of Mailer's books has the band named itself?

3. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?

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

5. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?

(see the answer key)

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