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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?
(a) Fortune 500 companies.
(b) Motorcycle gangs.
(c) Right-wing groups.
(d) Religious sects.

2. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?
(a) He waltzes him off the stage.
(b) He pushes him over.
(c) He orders him to fetch some water.
(d) He slaps his behind.

3. 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) Tribalism.
(b) Witchcraft.
(c) Technology.
(d) Hegelian dialectics.

4. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?
(a) The Ambassador.
(b) The Arena.
(c) The National Theatre.
(d) Ford's Theatre.

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

6. At which hotel is Mailer staying?
(a) The Willard.
(b) The Hay-Adams.
(c) The Watergate.
(d) The Marriot.

7. On what day of the week is the march taking place?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

8. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) William Sloane Coffin.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) Dwight Macdonald.

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

10. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?
(a) The military.
(b) Havana.
(c) Paris.
(d) The south of Mexico

11. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?
(a) He speaks incredibly quietly.
(b) He does not use notes.
(c) He pauses for minutes at a time.
(d) He affects a British accent.

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

13. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?
(a) Cover it for the Village Voice.
(b) Speak at it.
(c) Stay away from it.
(d) Be photographed with the organizer.

14. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?
(a) Macdonald's.
(b) Lowell's.
(c) de Grazia's.
(d) The host's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

3. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

4. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

5. What instrument does Mailer keep hearing as he marches to the Washington Memorial in Chapter 2?

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