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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. Where does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) An office on I Street.
(b) A New York bistro.
(c) Mailer's den.
(d) A publishing house.

2. Who is William Sloane Coffin?
(a) Editor of The New Republic.
(b) Chaplain at Yale.
(c) A former Air Force pilot.
(d) A local DC businessman.

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

4. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) China.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?

2. What does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?

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

5. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?

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