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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. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?
(a) A whorehouse.
(b) The running of the bulls,
(c) A press conference.
(d) A class reunion.

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

3. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?
(a) Paul Goodman.
(b) William Sloane Coffin.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Dwight Macdonald.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?
(a) About one hour.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Several hours.
(d) Half an hour.

5. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(b) The Naked and the Dead.
(c) The White Negro.
(d) The Executioner's Song.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

2. Which of the following militant groups chooses to sit and hold their ground at the March?

3. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's mind racing to figure out?

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

5. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

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