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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 does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) The key to his hotel room.
(b) The emcee role for the evening.
(c) His drink.
(d) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.

2. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?
(a) A jazz musician riffing on a theme.
(b) A surgeon tending a breech birth.
(c) A mason laying foundation.
(d) A lawyer parsing words.

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

4. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of war that Mailer mentions being disagreeable in Chapter 2?
(a) The omnipresence of death.
(b) Intestinal agitation.
(c) Trudging through mud.
(d) Constant fatigue.

5. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Taste.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?

3. What does Mailer state in Chapter 5 is the best course of action if you cannot please a liberal hostess?

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

5. What crime would Mailer be guilty of in returning young men's draft cards during the march, according to the statement in Chapter 2?

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