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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?
(a) Technology and commercialism.
(b) Money and power.
(c) Marx and Smith.
(d) Bloodshed and madness.

2. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(b) The Executioner's Song.
(c) The Naked and the Dead.
(d) The White Negro.

3. Which of the following is not a reason Mailer gives for a person's opposition to the War in Chapter 7?
(a) He is a pacifist.
(b) He is afraid of the draft.
(c) He believes it is an unjust war.
(d) He has Communist sympathies.

4. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?
(a) 320.
(b) 707.
(c) 176.
(d) 994.

5. Why does Mailer determine it is time to get arrested in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) People begin fleeing.
(b) Mitch Goodman signals him.
(c) The afternoon is getting late.
(d) The band stops playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many marchers does the New York Times suggest will be at the Pentagon protest in Chapter 5?

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

3. What word does Mailer use to describe supporters of the ear in Chapter 7?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?

5. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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