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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of overtones are part of Mailer's speech in Chapter 10?
(a) Religious.
(b) Militaristic.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Socialist.

2. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) A union hall.
(b) Another hotel.
(c) A bar.
(d) A church.

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

4. In Chapter 2, what drug does Mailer repeatedly decry?
(a) Heroin.
(b) LSD.
(c) Mescaline.
(d) Marijuana.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?

4. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?

5. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?

(see the answer key)

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