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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. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?
(a) Envious.
(b) Bored.
(c) Langorous.
(d) Enamored.

2. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?
(a) The sound system is bad.
(b) There are no curtains on the stage.
(c) The seats are uncomfortable.
(d) There is no ventilation.

3. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?
(a) He recommended him for a Times op-ed.
(b) He wrote a blurb for his book.
(c) He praised him on the Dick Cavett Show.
(d) He became Goodman's son's godfather.

4. In Chapter 1, how long does Mailer suggest it will take to accurately understand the value of the March?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 5-10 years.
(c) 10-20 years.
(d) 40-50 years.

5. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He crosses a police line.
(b) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.
(c) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(d) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?

2. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?

3. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?

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

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