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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. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) Macdonald.
(b) Lowell.
(c) Goodman.
(d) de Grazia.

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

3. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?
(a) Mailer has recently discovered he's on the Pulitzer short list.
(b) Mailer is sleeping with Macdonald's wife.
(c) Macdonald is reviewing Mailer's book.
(d) Macdonald got the post at the New Yorker Mailer wants.

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

5. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?
(a) He became Goodman's son's godfather.
(b) He wrote a blurb for his book.
(c) He praised him on the Dick Cavett Show.
(d) He recommended him for a Times op-ed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?

2. Which Ivy League university did both Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller graduate from?

3. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?

4. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?

5. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?

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