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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?
2. How many days in jail is Mailer sentenced to in Chapter 9?
3. Who paid the $65,000 required to fund the march?
4. How does Mailer describe the MP's face at the end of Chapter 1?
5. About what do the arrested marchers speculate at the beginning of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Norman Mailer's arrest in Chapter 6?
2. What metaphor does Mailer draw to the Pentagon in Chapter 4?
3. What fracas does Mailer get into in Chapter 2?
4. Describe the mood of the crown in the beginning of Chapter 4.
5. What permits does the Mobilization Committee get in Chapter 4?
6. What do the Fugs do at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?
7. What comic episode happens when Mailer is getting changed for his arraignment in Chapter 8?
8. What do the MP's and the marchers have in common, according to Mailer in Chapter 6?
9. What reasons does Mailer list in Chapter 7 for people to be against the war?
10. How does the tone of the novel shift dramatically at the beginning of Book II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The character of Norman Mailer begins Armies of the Night with an ambivalent attitude toward the conflict in Vietnam. As the novel continues, his opinions regarding the war are codified by what he sees in Washington, DC. Write an essay about this codification in three parts:
Part 1) Norman Mailer is unsure of what he thinks about Vietnam protesting when Mitch Goodman calls him in Chapter 2. Why does he agree to go to Washington for the march? Is it at all connected to political realities of the time? How does his behavior at the Ambassador reflect his attitude toward the movement?
Part 2) What does Mailer experience on Friday and Saturday at the Justice Department, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Pentagon? Discuss how this experience makes him remember his time in combat. How does this experience begin to alter his feelings about the anti-war movement?
Part 3) Describe what Mailer's feelings toward the war in Vietnam have become when his is awaiting processing after having been arrested. What has he realized about those who oppose the conflict? What does he think is driving America's continued involvement in the conflict?
Essay Topic 2
Norman Mailer is an arrogant, hard-living, patently cynical person, but he cares passionately about what others think of him. When he sees someone who is more respected or more famous, Mailer is stricken with a combination of fascination and maddened jealousy. Write an essay about three such individuals. How does the narrative juxtapose these people with the character of Mailer? How does he react to them? Do they inspire anger, respect, or some combination of both in him?
Part 1) Robert Lowell
Part 2) William Sloane Coffin
Part 3) Noam Chomsky
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the protest culture that exists in the world of the novel. How does this culture affect the way famous people live their lives: in particular, how does the omnipresence of protest in America affect Mailer's decision to go to Washington, DC? How does the specter of the Martin Luther King, Jr. march on Washington hang over the events of the 1967 March in the novel? To what extent is the protest movement becoming somewhat rote in Armies of the Night?
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