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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?
(a) Pay a 10% increase in the income tax.
(b) Purchase Coors beer.
(c) Read the Washington Post.
(d) Turn in aluminum as certain stations.

2. What instrument does Mailer keep hearing as he marches to the Washington Memorial in Chapter 2?
(a) Snare drum.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Trumpet.

3. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(b) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.
(c) Know one knows the route.
(d) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.

4. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.
(b) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.
(c) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(d) He crosses a police line.

5. What favor has Mailer recently done for Goodman?
(a) He became Goodman's son's godfather.
(b) He praised him on the Dick Cavett Show.
(c) He recommended him for a Times op-ed.
(d) He wrote a blurb for his book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 1, how long does Mailer suggest it will take to accurately understand the value of the March?

3. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

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

5. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mailer state he does not have a good instinct for speeches at protests?

2. What metaphor does Mailer use in Chapter 5 to describe the Vietnam controvery in America and who takes what sides?

3. How does Norman Mailer characterize his hangover in Chapter 2?

4. What state is Mailer in when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

5. Why is Mailer late to emcee the event in Chapter 5?

6. What narrative is told by the Time Magazine article of Chapter 1?

7. How does Mailer respond to William Sloane Coffin in Chapter 3?

8. How is Robert Lowell received by the audience?

9. What concerns Goodman about the protest planning in Chapter 3?

10. How is Mailer received after Lowell in Chapter 6?

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