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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. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) Ed de Grazia.
(b) Dwight Macdonald.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Paul Goodman.

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

3. To what ancient monument does Mailer compare the Pentagon in Chapter 4?
(a) The Tower of Babel.
(b) The Great Wall.
(c) The Colloseum.
(d) The Pyramids.

4. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) A bar.
(b) Another hotel.
(c) A church.
(d) A union hall.

5. In Chapter 6, how does the audience respond to Mailer's profane tirade?
(a) Halk of them walk out.
(b) They give him a standing ovation.
(c) They boo him.
(d) They applaud politely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?

2. Why do Mailer, Macdonald and Lowell want to be arrested first on Saturday?

3. Which music group is playing at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?

4. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?

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