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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. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?
(a) Book discussions.
(b) Liberal parties.
(c) Vietnam protests.
(d) Rides from airports to hotels.

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

3. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) Ed de Grazia.
(b) Dwight Macdonald.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Paul Goodman.

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

5. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?
(a) 707.
(b) 994.
(c) 176.
(d) 320.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?

4. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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