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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Donald Kalish's profession?
(a) He is a news reporter.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is a priest.
(d) He is a writer.

2. What sources are reviewed through much of Chapter 5?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Mobilization Committee minutes.
(c) Accounting statements.
(d) Dellinger's journals.

3. What type of overtones are part of Mailer's speech in Chapter 10?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Militaristic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sexual.

4. What word best describes the collective mood of the protesters at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Impatient.
(b) Violent.
(c) Focused.
(d) Lost.

5. What is the highest estimate given in Chapter 5 for the number of marchers who may attend?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 500,000.

6. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?
(a) Reporters vying for the best shots.
(b) Police beating riot shields.
(c) Cars driving slowly past the march.
(d) Helicopters flying overhead.

7. In Chapter 1 of Book II, to whom does the "writer" pass the baton?
(a) The journalist.
(b) The revolutionary.
(c) The essayist.
(d) The historian.

8. In Chapter 2, who does Dellinger bring on a Project Manager for the March?
(a) William Kunstler.
(b) Mitch Goodman.
(c) Jerry Rubin.
(d) Ed de Grazia.

9. Which writer does Mailer think he is a stand-in for the young people in Chapter 7?
(a) Twain.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Miller.
(d) Faulkner.

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

11. What is Mailer worried about missing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Lowell's party.
(b) Arraignment.
(c) His medication time.
(d) Breakfast.

12. How does Mailer describe the MP's face at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Pained.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Severe.
(d) Impassive.

13. Who is waiting her Mailer when he arrives at booking in Occoquan at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) His wife.
(b) Mitch Goodman.
(c) A hired driver and car to the airport.
(d) His documentary crew.

14. What word does Mailer use to describe supporters of the ear in Chapter 7?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Dodos.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Lions.

15. Counting his current one, how many wives has Mailer had?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Chapter 5, is completely enthralled by the band's activities?

2. In Chapter 3, what city does the Steering Committee meet in?

3. Which of the following militant groups chooses to sit and hold their ground at the March?

4. How is Mailer dressed for court in Chapter 9?

5. At what time in Chapter 8 does Teague begin his lectures again?

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