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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. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?
(a) Hegelian dialectics.
(b) Witchcraft.
(c) Tribalism.
(d) Technology.

2. What good news does John Boyle give Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) The march successfully invaded the Pentagon.
(b) They will probably be released.
(c) They will be fed soon.
(d) Lowell and Macdonald will be in the next group.

3. From what neighborhood in New York are the acquaintances Mailer encounters in Occaquan?
(a) Hell's Kitchen.
(b) Murray Hill.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Upper East Side.

4. Which New York-based journalist is quoted at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Frank Rich.
(b) Truman Capote.
(c) Pauline Kael.
(d) Jimmy Breslin.

5. What is Mailer worried about missing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Lowell's party.
(b) His medication time.
(c) Arraignment.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?

2. What crime would Mailer be guilty of in returning young men's draft cards during the march, according to the statement in Chapter 2?

3. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?

4. How does Mailer respond to the band's ritual in Chapter 6?

5. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?

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