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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) Mailer's den.
(b) An office on I Street.
(c) A New York bistro.
(d) A publishing house.

2. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?
(a) A bar.
(b) The hotel.
(c) A hot-dog stand.
(d) The Pentagon.

3. Who is William Sloane Coffin?
(a) A local DC businessman.
(b) Chaplain at Yale.
(c) Editor of The New Republic.
(d) A former Air Force pilot.

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

5. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?
(a) The seats are uncomfortable.
(b) The sound system is bad.
(c) There are no curtains on the stage.
(d) There is no ventilation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?

2. Who is entertaining the audience when the speakers arrive?

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

4. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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