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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Ed de Grazia.
(c) Dwight Macdonald.
(d) Paul Goodman.

2. Which of the following is not a reason Mailer gives for a person's opposition to the War in Chapter 7?
(a) He is afraid of the draft.
(b) He has Communist sympathies.
(c) He believes it is an unjust war.
(d) He is a pacifist.

3. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?
(a) Mao.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Trotsky.
(d) Castro.

4. How many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?
(a) About 40.
(b) About 150.
(c) About 100.
(d) 10.

5. How is Mailer dressed for court in Chapter 9?
(a) A dashiki.
(b) He is naked.
(c) A tee shirt and jeans.
(d) A vest, tie, and cufflinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following titles is not one that Mailer the narrator gives himself, Lowell, and Macdonald in Chapter 4?

2. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?

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

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

5. Which writer does Mailer think he is a stand-in for the young people in Chapter 7?

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