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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) His urination before the show.
(b) How he ran into a dog on the highway yesterday.
(c) A woman he slept with earlier in the week.
(d) His struggles with intense constipation.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?
(a) Speak at it.
(b) Cover it for the Village Voice.
(c) Stay away from it.
(d) Be photographed with the organizer.

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) Macdonald is reviewing Mailer's book.
(c) Macdonald got the post at the New Yorker Mailer wants.
(d) Mailer is sleeping with Macdonald's wife.

4. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?
(a) The obstructing of traffic outside the White House.
(b) The barricading of the Department of Justice.
(c) The turning in of draft cards.
(d) The returning of war medals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Mailer use to stand in for any sort of improvised speech?

2. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?

3. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?

4. What does Mailer state in Chapter 5 is the best course of action if you cannot please a liberal hostess?

5. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?

(see the answer key)

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