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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?
(a) Subtle.
(b) Disappointing.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Galvanizing.

2. What did the performance space in this section used to be used for?
(a) A school auditorium.
(b) A church.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) A vaudville house.

3. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?
(a) A mason laying foundation.
(b) A lawyer parsing words.
(c) A jazz musician riffing on a theme.
(d) A surgeon tending a breech birth.

4. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?
(a) Vietnam protests.
(b) Book discussions.
(c) Rides from airports to hotels.
(d) Liberal parties.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?

2. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?

3. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?

4. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?

5. What is Donald Kalish's profession?

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