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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. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?
(a) Mailer has recently discovered he's on the Pulitzer short list.
(b) Macdonald is reviewing Mailer's book.
(c) Macdonald got the post at the New Yorker Mailer wants.
(d) Mailer is sleeping with Macdonald's wife.

2. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A bar.
(b) The hotel.
(c) The theater.
(d) The Department of Justice.

3. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?
(a) The military.
(b) Havana.
(c) Paris.
(d) The south of Mexico

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

5. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?
(a) Enamored.
(b) Bored.
(c) Envious.
(d) Langorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?

2. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?

3. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?

4. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer claim the young generation hates more than anything else?

(see the answer key)

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