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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Mailer keep hearing as he marches to the Washington Memorial in Chapter 2?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Snare drum.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Trumpet.

2. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Macdonald.
(c) The Time Magazine reporter.
(d) Lowell.

3. On what day of the week is the march taking place?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

4. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?
(a) He forgets her name.
(b) He call her a loon.
(c) He refuses dinner.
(d) He breaks her toilet.

5. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?

3. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?

4. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer claim the young generation hates more than anything else?

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