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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 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?
(a) An anti-communist.
(b) A know-nothing.
(c) A Trotskyite.
(d) A libertarian.

2. Which of the following writers is not speaking at the protest?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Ed de Grazia.
(c) Dwight Macdonald.
(d) Susan Sontag.

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

4. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?
(a) To provide Paul Goodman a platform to self-promote.
(b) To achieve publicity for the next day's events.
(c) To obstruct the daily activity of the Pentagon.
(d) To wound the American military symbolically.

5. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?
(a) A vase.
(b) A handful of crackers and cheese.
(c) A coffee cup of whiskey.
(d) A Havana cigar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

5. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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