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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. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?
(a) The National Theatre.
(b) The Arena.
(c) The Ambassador.
(d) Ford's Theatre.

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

3. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?
(a) de Grazia's.
(b) Lowell's.
(c) The host's.
(d) Macdonald's.

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

5. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?
(a) Losing his virginity.
(b) World War II.
(c) An afternoon in Madrid.
(d) The 1963 civil rights march.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?

3. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?

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

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

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