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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how long does Mailer suggest it will take to accurately understand the value of the March?
(a) 5-10 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 40-50 years.
(d) 10-20 years.

2. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?
(a) He waltzes him off the stage.
(b) He orders him to fetch some water.
(c) He pushes him over.
(d) He slaps his behind.

3. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Noam Chomsky.
(b) Dr. Ben Spock.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Robert Lowell.

4. Which of the following writers is not speaking at the protest?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Ed de Grazia.

5. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) de Grazia.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Macdonald.
(d) Lowell.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?

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

3. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

4. What crime would Mailer be guilty of in returning young men's draft cards during the march, according to the statement in Chapter 2?

5. On what day of the week is the march taking place?

(see the answer key)

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