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

2. What is happening to Mailer at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He is lying on the ground after being maced.
(b) He is giving a television interview.
(c) He is sleeping under a tree.
(d) He is being arrested.

3. What does Mailer tell Fontain about his arrest in Chapter 1?
(a) It will not stop the cause.
(b) It is not the first time he has been in handcuffs.
(c) It is unjust.
(d) It was done correctly.

4. Who in the Volkswagen does the MP subdue in Chapter 2?
(a) The "Nazi."
(b) The freedom fighter.
(c) Walter Teague.
(d) Mailer.

5. What state is the MP from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Minnesota.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an area that the attorney of Chapter 4 gets permission for protest activity?

2. What word does Mailer use to describe supporters of the ear in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's assessment of the mistake the Revolutionary Contingent made during the march?

4. What city is Mailer in at the end of this section?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor does Mailer draw to the Pentagon in Chapter 4?

2. Describe the scene in Occaquan at the beginning of Chapter 6.

3. What do the Fugs do at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?

4. Describe the several movements the arrested marchers have to make in this section?

5. What conclusion does Mailer draw from two articles at the end of Chapter 6?

6. What bad news greets Mailer when he returns to New York in Chapter 11?

7. What reasons does Mailer list in Chapter 7 for people to be against the war?

8. How is the crowd becoming unruly in Chapter 4?

9. How does Dick Fontaine figure into the events of this section?

10. How does the tone of the novel shift dramatically at the beginning of Book II?

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