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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Tequila.

2. Which of the following writers is not speaking at the protest?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Ed de Grazia.
(d) Robert Lowell.

3. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?
(a) Abbie Hoffman.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Mitch Goodman.
(d) Jean Genet.

4. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?
(a) His struggles with intense constipation.
(b) How he ran into a dog on the highway yesterday.
(c) His urination before the show.
(d) A woman he slept with earlier in the week.

5. Which of the following is not a style of dress that marchers wear in Chapter 2?
(a) African dashikis.
(b) Sgt. Pepper uniforms.
(c) Eisenhower jackets.
(d) Turkish shepherd robes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?

4. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?

5. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?

(see the answer key)

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