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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. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?
(a) Peanut butter and bread.
(b) Toasted English muffins.
(c) Bananas and cantaloupe.
(d) Granola.

2. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?
(a) Vietnam protests.
(b) Rides from airports to hotels.
(c) Liberal parties.
(d) Book discussions.

3. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?
(a) They offer polite applause.
(b) They give a standing ovation.
(c) They sit impassively.
(d) They leave.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer claim the young generation hates more than anything else?
(a) War.
(b) The free market.
(c) Authority.
(d) Poverty.

5. Which of the following titles is not one that Mailer the narrator gives himself, Lowell, and Macdonald in Chapter 4?
(a) The Critic.
(b) The Journalist.
(c) The Poet.
(d) The Novelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?

2. What instrument does Mailer keep hearing as he marches to the Washington Memorial in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 5, who goes to sleep in the cell with Mailer?

4. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?

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