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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. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?
(a) Macdonald's.
(b) The host's.
(c) Lowell's.
(d) de Grazia's.

2. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?
(a) Los Angeles, CA.
(b) University of Wisconsin.
(c) Boston Common.
(d) Read College.

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

4. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?
(a) He is naked.
(b) He is sedated.
(c) He is asleep.
(d) He is drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chapter 2 take place?

2. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?

4. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?

5. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?

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