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

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

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

4. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?
(a) The obstructing of traffic outside the White House.
(b) The barricading of the Department of Justice.
(c) The turning in of draft cards.
(d) The returning of war medals.

5. What phrase does Mailer use to stand in for any sort of improvised speech?
(a) Winging.
(b) Holding court.
(c) Orating.
(d) Speaking-in-public.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Chapter 2 take place?

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

4. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?

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

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