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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. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?
(a) He recommended him for a Times op-ed.
(b) He praised him on the Dick Cavett Show.
(c) He wrote a blurb for his book.
(d) He became Goodman's son's godfather.

2. Which of the following writers is not speaking at the protest?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Ed de Grazia.
(c) Dwight Macdonald.
(d) Susan Sontag.

3. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?
(a) The hostess of the party.
(b) de Grazia.
(c) A heckler.
(d) The Time Magazine reporter.

4. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He gets into a heated argument with the Solicitor General.
(c) He is refused by the Justice officials.
(d) He is swarmed by press.

5. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Peace.
(d) Taste.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?

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

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

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