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

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

3. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?
(a) Vomiting out the window.
(b) Urinating on the floor.
(c) Trying to punch Paul Goodman.
(d) Sleeping in the aisle.

4. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He crosses a police line.
(b) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.
(c) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(d) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.

5. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?
(a) Macdonald got the post at the New Yorker Mailer wants.
(b) Macdonald is reviewing Mailer's book.
(c) Mailer has recently discovered he's on the Pulitzer short list.
(d) Mailer is sleeping with Macdonald's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer state in Chapter 5 is the best course of action if you cannot please a liberal hostess?

2. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?

3. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?

5. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?

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