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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. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?
(a) Read the Washington Post.
(b) Pay a 10% increase in the income tax.
(c) Turn in aluminum as certain stations.
(d) Purchase Coors beer.

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

3. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?
(a) They offer polite applause.
(b) They give a standing ovation.
(c) They sit impassively.
(d) They leave.

4. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(b) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.
(c) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.
(d) Know one knows the route.

5. Which Ivy League university did both Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller graduate from?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what drug does Mailer repeatedly decry?

2. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?

3. What does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?

4. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

5. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?

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