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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 does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Scotch.

2. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) Lowell.
(b) Goodman.
(c) The Time Magazine reporter.
(d) Macdonald.

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

4. What did the performance space in this section used to be used for?
(a) A school auditorium.
(b) A movie theater.
(c) A church.
(d) A vaudville house.

5. In Chapter 6, what does Mailer do after leaving the theatre?
(a) He sleeps backstage.
(b) He goes to another bar.
(c) He falls asleep in a doorway.
(d) He goes to the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?

2. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?

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

4. Which of the following writers is not speaking at the protest?

5. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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