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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?
(a) A hot-dog stand.
(b) The hotel.
(c) A bar.
(d) The Pentagon.

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?
(a) He does not want to be struck.
(b) He does not want to be arrested.
(c) He does not want to be shot.
(d) He does not want to be maced.

5. What is scheduled to happen in Washington, DC, the day that Mailer arrives?
(a) A series of speeches at a theatre.
(b) A small concert on the Mall.
(c) A dinner at the Watergate.
(d) A march to the Capitol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?

2. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?

3. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?

4. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

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

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