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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. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) Macdonald.
(b) Lowell.
(c) Goodman.
(d) The Time Magazine reporter.

2. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Dr. Ben Spock.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Noam Chomsky.

3. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?
(a) He is refused by the Justice officials.
(b) He is swarmed by press.
(c) He gets into a heated argument with the Solicitor General.
(d) He is arrested.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?
(a) Slip out of Washingotn in the afternoon.
(b) Get arrested.
(c) Stay sober for the march.
(d) Punch Mitch Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Mailer compare the MP's on the bus in Chapter 4?

2. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?

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

4. Where is the bus in Chapter 4 taking Mailer and the other marchers?

5. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?

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