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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 Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?
(a) Eugene McCarthy may speak.
(b) National press may cover the speeches.
(c) They may egg the President's care.
(d) They may invade the Pentagon.

2. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?
(a) A cloth napkin.
(b) A copy of his book.
(c) Her husband's necktie.
(d) Her housekey.

3. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?
(a) A libertarian.
(b) An anti-communist.
(c) A know-nothing.
(d) A Trotskyite.

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

5. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?
(a) Sleeping in the aisle.
(b) Vomiting out the window.
(c) Urinating on the floor.
(d) Trying to punch Paul Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?

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

4. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?

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

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