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

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

3. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?
(a) They sit impassively.
(b) They offer polite applause.
(c) They leave.
(d) They give a standing ovation.

4. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) de Grazia.
(b) Macdonald.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Lowell.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

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

3. Which Ivy League university did both Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller graduate from?

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

5. What word best describes the collective mood of the protesters at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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