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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. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) The Naked and the Dead.
(b) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(c) The White Negro.
(d) The Executioner's Song.

2. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?
(a) Mailer.
(b) Lowell.
(c) Macdonald.
(d) Goodman.

3. What does Mailer intimate about his drinking the night before Chapter 1?
(a) He became belligerent toward his fellow writers.
(b) He did not get very drunk.
(c) He blacked out.
(d) He abstained from all alcohol.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?

2. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?

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

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

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