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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. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?
(a) They may invade the Pentagon.
(b) They may egg the President's care.
(c) Eugene McCarthy may speak.
(d) National press may cover the speeches.

2. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Justice.
(b) The theater.
(c) A bar.
(d) The hotel.

3. Who is William Sloane Coffin?
(a) Editor of The New Republic.
(b) A local DC businessman.
(c) Chaplain at Yale.
(d) A former Air Force pilot.

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

5. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?
(a) Lowell.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Mailer.
(d) Macdonald.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?

2. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?

4. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?

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