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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. Which of the following is not something Mailer is mentioned doing during his emceeing of Chapter 5?
(a) Sweating through his shirt.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Rambling incoherently.
(d) Slurring his speech.

2. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) His drink.
(b) The emcee role for the evening.
(c) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.
(d) The key to his hotel room.

3. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) China.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Russia.

4. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?
(a) As big as the Pentagon itself.
(b) Slightly smaller than the central mall.
(c) The size of 5 football fields.
(d) The size of a grocery store's parking lot.

5. On what day of the week is the march taking place?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?

2. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?

3. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

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

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