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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. What did the performance space in this section used to be used for?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A school auditorium.
(c) A church.
(d) A vaudville house.

2. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?
(a) He is naked.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is asleep.
(d) He is sedated.

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

4. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?
(a) An afternoon in Madrid.
(b) The 1963 civil rights march.
(c) World War II.
(d) Losing his virginity.

5. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Noam Chomsky.
(c) Dr. Ben Spock.
(d) Norman Mailer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?

3. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?

4. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?

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

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