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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's mind racing to figure out?
(a) WHich set of camera's is CBS.
(b) What Mitch Goodman is.
(c) Where the best shade is.
(d) The best way to get arrested.

2. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?
(a) He is refused by the Justice officials.
(b) He is swarmed by press.
(c) He gets into a heated argument with the Solicitor General.
(d) He is arrested.

3. According to mailer in Chapter 1, which of the following qualities is definitely not necessary in a protagonist for the story of the March?
(a) He should be an organizer.
(b) He should be an observer.
(c) He should have participated.
(d) He should be a nonpartisan.

4. About what do the arrested marchers speculate at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Whether they will have to spend the night in jail.
(b) If they will have to serve time.
(c) If Robert Lowell was arrested.
(d) What the coverage of the march will highlight.

5. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?
(a) He refuses to acknowledge the legitimacy of the court.
(b) No contest.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Not guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?

2. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?

3. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 2, who does Dellinger bring on a Project Manager for the March?

5. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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