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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(b) Know one knows the route.
(c) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.
(d) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.

2. Who is waiting her Mailer when he arrives at booking in Occoquan at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) His wife.
(b) A hired driver and car to the airport.
(c) His documentary crew.
(d) Mitch Goodman.

3. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Ed de Grazia.
(d) Paul Goodman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

2. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?

4. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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

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