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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the collective mood of the protesters at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Violent.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Lost.
(d) Focused.

2. How many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?
(a) About 100.
(b) About 150.
(c) About 40.
(d) 10.

3. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?
(a) Medger Evers.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Bobby Seale.

4. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.
(b) His drink.
(c) The emcee role for the evening.
(d) The key to his hotel room.

5. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?
(a) A bar.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) A hot-dog stand.
(d) The hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Mailer play with a cellmate to pass the time in Chapter 5?

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

3. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?

4. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?

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