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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. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He is naked.
(c) He is sedated.
(d) He is asleep.

2. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) His drink.
(b) The emcee role for the evening.
(c) The key to his hotel room.
(d) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.

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

4. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Justice.
(b) A bar.
(c) The hotel.
(d) The theater.

5. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?
(a) The military.
(b) Paris.
(c) Havana.
(d) The south of Mexico

Short Answer Questions

1. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?

2. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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

4. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

5. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?

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