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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mailer worried about missing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Lowell's party.
(b) His medication time.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Arraignment.

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

3. How does Mailer signal that he wants to be arrested at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) He lays prostrate on the ground.
(b) He throws a can at a police cruiser.
(c) He crosses a rope line.
(d) He punches an MP.

4. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) The Time Magazine reporter.
(b) Lowell.
(c) Macdonald.
(d) Goodman.

5. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?
(a) The 1963 civil rights march.
(b) World War II.
(c) Losing his virginity.
(d) An afternoon in Madrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?

2. In Chapter 1 of Book II, to whom does the "writer" pass the baton?

3. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?

4. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?

5. How does Mailer respond to the band's ritual in Chapter 6?

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