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

2. What strain of sociopolitical thinking does Mailer chart through America in a speech in Chapter 1?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Fiscal conservatism.
(c) Trade protectionism.
(d) Communism.

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

4. What phrase does Mailer use to stand in for any sort of improvised speech?
(a) Speaking-in-public.
(b) Holding court.
(c) Winging.
(d) Orating.

5. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) John O'Hara.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Thomas Aquinis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?

3. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?

4. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?

5. In Chapter 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?

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