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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. At which hotel is Mailer staying?
(a) The Marriot.
(b) The Watergate.
(c) The Willard.
(d) The Hay-Adams.

2. What is the stated goal of the March, as articulated by the Steering Committee in Chapter 3?
(a) To draw attention to the cost of the War.
(b) To shut down the war-making machine.
(c) To end the war in Vietnam.
(d) To raise awareness of illegal bombing in Laos and Cambodia.

3. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Dwight Macdonald.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) Ed de Grazia.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?
(a) Slip out of Washingotn in the afternoon.
(b) Punch Mitch Goodman.
(c) Get arrested.
(d) Stay sober for the march.

5. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?
(a) Disappointing.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Subtle.
(d) Galvanizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?

2. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?

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

4. To what ancient monument does Mailer compare the Pentagon in Chapter 4?

5. Who begins the informal meeting in Chapter 3?

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