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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. Where does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) A publishing house.
(b) A New York bistro.
(c) Mailer's den.
(d) An office on I Street.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?
(a) To provide Paul Goodman a platform to self-promote.
(b) To achieve publicity for the next day's events.
(c) To wound the American military symbolically.
(d) To obstruct the daily activity of the Pentagon.

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

4. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?
(a) He praised him on the Dick Cavett Show.
(b) He recommended him for a Times op-ed.
(c) He wrote a blurb for his book.
(d) He became Goodman's son's godfather.

5. What instrument does Mailer keep hearing as he marches to the Washington Memorial in Chapter 2?
(a) Snare drum.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Trumpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?

2. What word best describes the collective mood of the protesters at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?

4. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?

5. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?

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