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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Dr. Ben Spock.
(d) Noam Chomsky.

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

3. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) The emcee role for the evening.
(b) The key to his hotel room.
(c) His drink.
(d) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.

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

5. Who is entertaining the audience when the speakers arrive?
(a) A poet.
(b) A folk music group.
(c) A troup of mimes.
(d) An improv group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

2. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?

3. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?

5. What phrase does Mailer use to stand in for any sort of improvised speech?

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