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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. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The hotel.
(b) The theater.
(c) The Department of Justice.
(d) A bar.

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

3. What is scheduled to happen in Washington, DC, the day that Mailer arrives?
(a) A small concert on the Mall.
(b) A dinner at the Watergate.
(c) A march to the Capitol.
(d) A series of speeches at a theatre.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer claim the young generation hates more than anything else?
(a) Authority.
(b) The free market.
(c) War.
(d) Poverty.

5. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?
(a) World War II.
(b) An afternoon in Madrid.
(c) The 1963 civil rights march.
(d) Losing his virginity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?

2. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?

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

4. How many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?

5. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?

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