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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 say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?
(a) Purchase Coors beer.
(b) Read the Washington Post.
(c) Pay a 10% increase in the income tax.
(d) Turn in aluminum as certain stations.

2. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?
(a) He refuses dinner.
(b) He breaks her toilet.
(c) He forgets her name.
(d) He call her a loon.

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

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

5. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?
(a) They leave.
(b) They sit impassively.
(c) They give a standing ovation.
(d) They offer polite applause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer intimate about his drinking the night before Chapter 1?

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

3. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?

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

5. What crime would Mailer be guilty of in returning young men's draft cards during the march, according to the statement in Chapter 2?

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