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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. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?
(a) He does not want to be struck.
(b) He does not want to be shot.
(c) He does not want to be maced.
(d) He does not want to be arrested.

2. What is Donald Kalish's profession?
(a) He is a priest.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is a news reporter.
(d) He is a writer.

3. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?
(a) Witchcraft.
(b) Technology.
(c) Hegelian dialectics.
(d) Tribalism.

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

5. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 30 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who does Dellinger bring on a Project Manager for the March?

2. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?

3. Next to what famous left icon's bunk does Mailer lay down at the end of Chapter 6?

4. What state is the MP from?

5. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?

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