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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. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?
(a) Police beating riot shields.
(b) Cars driving slowly past the march.
(c) Reporters vying for the best shots.
(d) Helicopters flying overhead.

2. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?
(a) Abbie Hoffman's.
(b) Lyndon Johnson's.
(c) Ben Franklin's.
(d) William Burroughs'.

3. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Dr. Ben Spock.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) Robert Lowell.

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 Robert Lowell was arrested.
(c) If they will have to serve time.
(d) What the coverage of the march will highlight.

5. What is the highest estimate given in Chapter 5 for the number of marchers who may attend?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 80,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

2. Which social or literary figure calls Mailer in Chapter 2?

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

4. What is the stated goal of the March, as articulated by the Steering Committee in Chapter 3?

5. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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