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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.
(b) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(c) Know one knows the route.
(d) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?
(a) Turn in aluminum as certain stations.
(b) Pay a 10% increase in the income tax.
(c) Purchase Coors beer.
(d) Read the Washington Post.

3. 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 arrested.
(d) He does not want to be maced.

4. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Taste.
(c) Peace.
(d) Resistance.

5. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?
(a) His struggles with intense constipation.
(b) How he ran into a dog on the highway yesterday.
(c) A woman he slept with earlier in the week.
(d) His urination before the show.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?

2. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?

4. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?

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

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