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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?
(a) A woman he slept with earlier in the week.
(b) His urination before the show.
(c) How he ran into a dog on the highway yesterday.
(d) His struggles with intense constipation.

2. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?
(a) Enamored.
(b) Envious.
(c) Langorous.
(d) Bored.

3. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

4. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?
(a) They give a standing ovation.
(b) They leave.
(c) They offer polite applause.
(d) They sit impassively.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?

3. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?

4. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?

5. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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