1. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.
(b) He crosses a police line.
(c) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(d) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.

2. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?
(a) 707.
(b) 994.
(c) 176.
(d) 320.

3. 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 wound the American military symbolically.
(c) To achieve publicity for the next day's events.
(d) To obstruct the daily activity of the Pentagon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?

2. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?

3. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of war that Mailer mentions being disagreeable in Chapter 2?

4. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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