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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the bus in Chapter 4 taking Mailer and the other marchers?
(a) A post office in Alexandria.
(b) A police station in Bethesda.
(c) A bus depot in Brookland.
(d) A school in Baltimore.

2. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A laying-on of hands.
(c) An exorcism.
(d) A wedding.

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

4. Counting his current one, how many wives has Mailer had?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?

2. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?

3. According to mailer in Chapter 1, which of the following qualities is definitely not necessary in a protagonist for the story of the March?

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

5. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?

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