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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) The Time Magazine reporter.
(b) Lowell.
(c) Macdonald.
(d) Goodman.

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

3. What is happening to Mailer at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He is sleeping under a tree.
(b) He is being arrested.
(c) He is lying on the ground after being maced.
(d) He is giving a television interview.

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

5. What is significant about the way Lowell recites his poetry in Chapter 6?
(a) He speaks incredibly quietly.
(b) He pauses for minutes at a time.
(c) He affects a British accent.
(d) He does not use notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What good news does John Boyle give Mailer in Chapter 3?

2. Who in the Volkswagen does the MP subdue in Chapter 2?

3. According to mailer in Chapter 1, which of the following qualities is definitely not necessary in a protagonist for the story of the March?

4. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?

5. How does Mailer respond to the band's ritual in Chapter 6?

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