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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) The Time Magazine reporter.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Lowell.
(d) Macdonald.

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

4. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?
(a) A woman he slept with earlier in the week.
(b) How he ran into a dog on the highway yesterday.
(c) His struggles with intense constipation.
(d) His urination before the show.

5. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Thomas Aquinis.
(d) John O'Hara.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?

2. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?

3. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?

5. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?

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