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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. What game does Mailer play with a cellmate to pass the time in Chapter 5?
(a) 20 questions.
(b) Gin rummy.
(c) Poker.
(d) Chess.

2. What city is Mailer in at the end of this section?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington, DC.

3. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?
(a) Money and power.
(b) Technology and commercialism.
(c) Marx and Smith.
(d) Bloodshed and madness.

4. Which of the following characters is not facing charges and possible prison time at the end of the novel?
(a) Walter Teague.
(b) William Sloane Coffin.
(c) Mitch Goodman.
(d) Ed de Grazia.

5. Which of Mailer's writer friends is present in the Volkswagen with him in Chapter 2?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) None of them.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) Robert Lowell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?

3. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?

4. What does Mailer begin working on in Occaquan in Chapter 7?

5. How many marchers does the New York Times suggest will be at the Pentagon protest in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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