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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. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Peace.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Taste.

2. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?
(a) Havana.
(b) Paris.
(c) The south of Mexico
(d) The military.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mailer in Chapter 3, how did Robert Lowell avoid fighting in World War II?

2. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

3. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?

4. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?

5. What is scheduled to happen in Washington, DC, the day that Mailer arrives?

(see the answer key)

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