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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. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.
(b) The key to his hotel room.
(c) His drink.
(d) The emcee role for the evening.

2. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?
(a) He call her a loon.
(b) He forgets her name.
(c) He refuses dinner.
(d) He breaks her toilet.

3. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?
(a) Ed de Grazia.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) Dwight Macdonald.

4. In Chapter 1, how long does Mailer suggest it will take to accurately understand the value of the March?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 10-20 years.
(c) 5-10 years.
(d) 40-50 years.

5. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?
(a) He speaks incredibly quietly.
(b) He pauses for minutes at a time.
(c) He does not use notes.
(d) He affects a British accent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. Where does Chapter 2 take place?

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