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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 7-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Macdonald and Lowell do in Chapter 7 after Mailer is arrested?
(a) They remain ensconsed in the larger group.
(b) They attempt unsuccessfully to get arrested.
(c) They flee the protest.
(d) They are arrested and sent to a different processing center.

2. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) A bar.
(b) A church.
(c) Another hotel.
(d) A union hall.

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

4. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?
(a) The Time Magazine reporter.
(b) A heckler.
(c) The hostess of the party.
(d) de Grazia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of civil action do Dellinger and some notables enact in Chapter 7?

2. What phrase does Mailer use to stand in for any sort of improvised speech?

3. What city is Mailer in at the end of this section?

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

5. In Chapter 8, who is arrested in disproportionate numbers?

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