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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. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?
(a) He slaps his behind.
(b) He pushes him over.
(c) He waltzes him off the stage.
(d) He orders him to fetch some water.

2. From what neighborhood in New York are the acquaintances Mailer encounters in Occaquan?
(a) Hell's Kitchen.
(b) Murray Hill.
(c) Upper East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

3. What does Mailer tell Fontain about his arrest in Chapter 1?
(a) It was done correctly.
(b) It will not stop the cause.
(c) It is unjust.
(d) It is not the first time he has been in handcuffs.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer claim the young generation hates more than anything else?
(a) Poverty.
(b) War.
(c) Authority.
(d) The free market.

5. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?
(a) The seats are uncomfortable.
(b) There is no ventilation.
(c) The sound system is bad.
(d) There are no curtains on the stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mailer certain the MP in Chapter 6 is not going to hit him?

2. At what time in Chapter 8 does Teague begin his lectures again?

3. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 3, what city does the Steering Committee meet in?

5. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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