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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. How many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?
(a) About 40.
(b) About 150.
(c) About 100.
(d) 10.

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

3. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?
(a) The Time Magazine reporter.
(b) de Grazia.
(c) A heckler.
(d) The hostess of the party.

4. Which of the following is not a style of dress that marchers wear in Chapter 2?
(a) Turkish shepherd robes.
(b) Sgt. Pepper uniforms.
(c) African dashikis.
(d) Eisenhower jackets.

5. From what era of literature does Mailer saying he is drawing a convention in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Neoclassical Era.
(b) The Victorian Era.
(c) The Romantic Era.
(d) The Modernist Era.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a term in which of Mailer's books has the band named itself?

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

3. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?

4. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?

5. Which New York-based journalist is quoted at the end of Chapter 6?

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