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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. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(b) The Executioner's Song.
(c) The White Negro.
(d) The Naked and the Dead.

2. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?
(a) A surgeon tending a breech birth.
(b) A lawyer parsing words.
(c) A mason laying foundation.
(d) A jazz musician riffing on a theme.

3. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?
(a) Eugene McCarthy may speak.
(b) National press may cover the speeches.
(c) They may egg the President's care.
(d) They may invade the Pentagon.

4. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?
(a) Mitch Goodman.
(b) Abbie Hoffman.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Jean Genet.

5. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.
(b) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(c) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.
(d) He crosses a police line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?

2. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?

3. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

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

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

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