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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He is naked.
(c) He is sedated.
(d) He is drunk.

2. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) Ed de Grazia.
(b) Dwight Macdonald.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Paul Goodman.

3. What is happening to Mailer at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He is sleeping under a tree.
(b) He is being arrested.
(c) He is giving a television interview.
(d) He is lying on the ground after being maced.

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

5. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?
(a) University of Wisconsin.
(b) Read College.
(c) Boston Common.
(d) Los Angeles, CA.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mailer signal that he wants to be arrested at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. On what day of the week is the march taking place?

3. According to Mailer in Chapter 3, how did Robert Lowell avoid fighting in World War II?

4. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?

5. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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