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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. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Castro.
(d) Mao.

2. Which New York-based journalist is quoted at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Frank Rich.
(c) Pauline Kael.
(d) Jimmy Breslin.

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(b) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.
(c) Know one knows the route.
(d) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Ivy League university did both Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller graduate from?

2. From what era of literature does Mailer saying he is drawing a convention in the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?

4. Who is William Sloane Coffin?

5. In Chapter 3, what city does the Steering Committee meet in?

(see the answer key)

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