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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. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston Common.
(b) Los Angeles, CA.
(c) Read College.
(d) University of Wisconsin.

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

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

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

5. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Rambling incoherently.
(c) Slurring his speech.
(d) Sweating through his shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?

3. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?

4. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

5. On what day of the week is the march taking place?

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