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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. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?
(a) The size of 5 football fields.
(b) Slightly smaller than the central mall.
(c) As big as the Pentagon itself.
(d) The size of a grocery store's parking lot.

2. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?
(a) A group of kindergarteners.
(b) A rock band on tour.
(c) A high school sports team.
(d) A family reunion.

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

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

5. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?
(a) Fellow artists.
(b) Hippies.
(c) The government.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?

2. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?

3. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?

4. How do the soldiers deal with the protesters that refuse to leave the Pentagon lot in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?

(see the answer key)

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