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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 1, how long does Mailer suggest it will take to accurately understand the value of the March?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 10-20 years.
(c) 40-50 years.
(d) 5-10 years.

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

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

4. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) Cracked.
(d) The Washington Post.

5. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?
(a) Rambling incoherently.
(b) Slurring his speech.
(c) Sweating through his shirt.
(d) Cursing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?

2. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?

3. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?

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

5. Who begins the informal meeting in Chapter 3?

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