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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?
(a) A know-nothing.
(b) A libertarian.
(c) A Trotskyite.
(d) An anti-communist.

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

4. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston Common.
(b) Read College.
(c) Los Angeles, CA.
(d) University of Wisconsin.

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

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

7. According to Mailer in Chapter 3, how did Robert Lowell avoid fighting in World War II?
(a) He worked in a munitions factory.
(b) He became a foreign correspondent for the AP.
(c) He has flat feet.
(d) He was a conscientious objector.

8. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?
(a) He recommended him for a Times op-ed.
(b) He wrote a blurb for his book.
(c) He praised him on the Dick Cavett Show.
(d) He became Goodman's son's godfather.

9. What strain of sociopolitical thinking does Mailer chart through America in a speech in Chapter 1?
(a) Fiscal conservatism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Trade protectionism.

10. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?
(a) A mason laying foundation.
(b) A lawyer parsing words.
(c) A surgeon tending a breech birth.
(d) A jazz musician riffing on a theme.

11. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?
(a) The hostess of the party.
(b) The Time Magazine reporter.
(c) A heckler.
(d) de Grazia.

12. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?
(a) The obstructing of traffic outside the White House.
(b) The turning in of draft cards.
(c) The barricading of the Department of Justice.
(d) The returning of war medals.

13. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?
(a) William Burroughs'.
(b) Lyndon Johnson's.
(c) Ben Franklin's.
(d) Abbie Hoffman's.

14. Who begins the informal meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Mitch Goodman.
(d) Paul Goodman.

15. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?
(a) Peace.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Taste.
(d) Solidarity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chapter 2 take place?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?

3. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

4. Which of the following is not a style of dress that marchers wear in Chapter 2?

5. Who is entertaining the audience when the speakers arrive?

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