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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?
(a) Tribalism.
(b) Technology.
(c) Hegelian dialectics.
(d) Witchcraft.

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?
(a) He should have participated.
(b) He should be a nonpartisan.
(c) He should be an organizer.
(d) He should be an observer.

4. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?
(a) Mailer has recently discovered he's on the Pulitzer short list.
(b) Macdonald is reviewing Mailer's book.
(c) Mailer is sleeping with Macdonald's wife.
(d) Macdonald got the post at the New Yorker Mailer wants.

5. On what day of the week is the march taking place?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

6. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer specifically not want done to him at the protest, should the police sweep in?
(a) He does not want to be maced.
(b) He does not want to be struck.
(c) He does not want to be arrested.
(d) He does not want to be shot.

7. What does Mailer state in Chapter 5 is the best course of action if you cannot please a liberal hostess?
(a) Wrong her completely.
(b) Slip out inconspiculously.
(c) Apologize profusely.
(d) Get her a gift basket.

8. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Justice.
(b) A bar.
(c) The theater.
(d) The hotel.

9. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?
(a) A Havana cigar.
(b) A vase.
(c) A handful of crackers and cheese.
(d) A coffee cup of whiskey.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?
(a) The running of the bulls,
(b) A class reunion.
(c) A whorehouse.
(d) A press conference.

11. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?
(a) The host's.
(b) Lowell's.
(c) Macdonald's.
(d) de Grazia's.

12. What is Mailer's primary complaint about the performance space?
(a) There are no curtains on the stage.
(b) There is no ventilation.
(c) The sound system is bad.
(d) The seats are uncomfortable.

13. Who is entertaining the audience when the speakers arrive?
(a) A troup of mimes.
(b) A folk music group.
(c) An improv group.
(d) A poet.

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

15. What does Mailer intimate about his drinking the night before Chapter 1?
(a) He did not get very drunk.
(b) He blacked out.
(c) He abstained from all alcohol.
(d) He became belligerent toward his fellow writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

2. What does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?

4. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?

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