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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. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?
(a) About one hour.
(b) Several hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Fifteen minutes.

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

3. Who in the Volkswagen does the MP subdue in Chapter 2?
(a) Mailer.
(b) The "Nazi."
(c) Walter Teague.
(d) The freedom fighter.

4. In Chapter 5, who goes to sleep in the cell with Mailer?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Walter Teague.
(c) The Hungarian freedom fighter.
(d) John Doyle.

5. What does the Revolutionary Contingent do during the March, as noted in Chapter 5?
(a) It lies prostrate on the lot of the Pentagon.
(b) It throws eggs at departing Pentagon officials' cars.
(c) It throws malatov cocktails.
(d) It physically accosts MP's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer intimate about his drinking the night before Chapter 1?

2. Which of Mailer's writer friends is present in the Volkswagen with him in Chapter 2?

3. How many days in jail is Mailer sentenced to in Chapter 9?

4. What city is Mailer in at the end of this section?

5. Which of the following is not an area that the attorney of Chapter 4 gets permission for protest activity?

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