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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. Which of the following is not a style of dress that marchers wear in Chapter 2?
(a) Sgt. Pepper uniforms.
(b) Eisenhower jackets.
(c) African dashikis.
(d) Turkish shepherd robes.

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

3. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?
(a) Bobby Seale.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Medger Evers.
(d) Malcolm X.

4. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?
(a) The telling of a story from their time in Madrid.
(b) His drink.
(c) The key to his hotel room.
(d) The emcee role for the evening.

5. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?
(a) Ford's Theatre.
(b) The Ambassador.
(c) The Arena.
(d) The National Theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?

2. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?

3. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

4. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?

5. What strain of sociopolitical thinking does Mailer chart through America in a speech in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mailer pointedly note about the black delegates at the march in Chapter 3?

2. What appraisal of Robert Lowell does Mailer make in en route to the Department of Justice in Chapter 3?

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

4. Describe the performance space of this section.

5. How is Robert Lowell received by the audience?

6. What does Mailer find at the church in Chapter 3?

7. Describe the interactions Mailer has with his fellow speakers at the party in Chapter 4.

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

9. How does Mailer annoy Ed de Grazia in Chapter 4?

10. What happens once the group arrives at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?

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