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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 Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?
(a) Urinating on the floor.
(b) Vomiting out the window.
(c) Sleeping in the aisle.
(d) Trying to punch Paul Goodman.

2. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?
(a) They applaud politely.
(b) They boo him.
(c) They give him a standing ovation.
(d) Halk of them walk out.

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

4. Who begins the informal meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Mitch Goodman.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) Norman Mailer.

5. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?
(a) A jazz musician riffing on a theme.
(b) A lawyer parsing words.
(c) A mason laying foundation.
(d) A surgeon tending a breech birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?

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

3. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?

4. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?

(see the answer key)

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