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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 7-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer does Mailer think he is a stand-in for the young people in Chapter 7?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Twain.
(d) Miller.

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

3. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?
(a) Sweating through his shirt.
(b) Rambling incoherently.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Slurring his speech.

4. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?
(a) An exorcism.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A laying-on of hands.
(d) A baptism.

5. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He gets into a heated argument with the Solicitor General.
(c) He is refused by the Justice officials.
(d) He is swarmed by press.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?

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

3. What reason does the judge give for giving Mailer a stiffer sentence in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 10, what marks most of the media coverage of the Pentagon march?

5. Which of these events is Mailer present for in the novel?

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