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

2. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?
(a) Slightly smaller than the central mall.
(b) The size of 5 football fields.
(c) As big as the Pentagon itself.
(d) The size of a grocery store's parking lot.

3. How is Mailer certain the MP in Chapter 6 is not going to hit him?
(a) His hand is trembling.
(b) He is black.
(c) He does not have a club.
(d) He says he is a fan.

4. At what time in Chapter 8 does Teague begin his lectures again?
(a) 5 AM.
(b) 8 AM.
(c) 12 PM.
(d) 4 PM.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the judge give for giving Mailer a stiffer sentence in Chapter 9?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?

3. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?

5. How does Mailer signal that he wants to be arrested at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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