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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. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?
(a) Lowell.
(b) Mailer.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Macdonald.

2. After a term in which of Mailer's books has the band named itself?
(a) The Deer Park.
(b) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(c) The White Negro.
(d) The Naked and the Dead.

3. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?
(a) Dellinger and Goodman.
(b) Rubin and Dellinger.
(c) Van Cleve and de Grazia.
(d) de Grazia and Kunstler.

4. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?
(a) They boo him.
(b) They applaud politely.
(c) Halk of them walk out.
(d) They give him a standing ovation.

5. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John O'Hara.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Thomas Aquinis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?

3. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?

4. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?

5. From what era of literature does Mailer saying he is drawing a convention in the beginning of Chapter 1?

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