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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 of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
(a) Thomas Aquinis.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) John O'Hara.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

3. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?
(a) Van Cleve and de Grazia.
(b) Dellinger and Goodman.
(c) Rubin and Dellinger.
(d) de Grazia and Kunstler.

4. Where is the bus in Chapter 4 taking Mailer and the other marchers?
(a) A post office in Alexandria.
(b) A school in Baltimore.
(c) A police station in Bethesda.
(d) A bus depot in Brookland.

5. 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 has Communist sympathies.
(c) He believes it is an unjust war.
(d) He is afraid of the draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?

2. Which of the following is not a style of dress that marchers wear in Chapter 2?

3. What did the performance space in this section used to be used for?

4. In Chapter 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?

5. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?

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