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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer 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) Turn in aluminum as certain stations.
(b) Purchase Coors beer.
(c) Pay a 10% increase in the income tax.
(d) Read the Washington Post.

2. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Vietnam.

3. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

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

5. What phrase does Mailer use to stand in for any sort of improvised speech?
(a) Orating.
(b) Speaking-in-public.
(c) Winging.
(d) Holding court.

6. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?
(a) A heckler.
(b) The Time Magazine reporter.
(c) de Grazia.
(d) The hostess of the party.

7. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?
(a) de Grazia's.
(b) Lowell's.
(c) Macdonald's.
(d) The host's.

8. What is scheduled to happen in Washington, DC, the day that Mailer arrives?
(a) A series of speeches at a theatre.
(b) A dinner at the Watergate.
(c) A march to the Capitol.
(d) A small concert on the Mall.

9. How does the audience respond to Lowell's poem in Chapter 6?
(a) They leave.
(b) They offer polite applause.
(c) They sit impassively.
(d) They give a standing ovation.

10. Where does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) A New York bistro.
(b) A publishing house.
(c) Mailer's den.
(d) An office on I Street.

11. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?
(a) Book discussions.
(b) Rides from airports to hotels.
(c) Liberal parties.
(d) Vietnam protests.

12. In Chapter 2, what drug does Mailer repeatedly decry?
(a) Heroin.
(b) LSD.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Mescaline.

13. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Justice.
(b) The hotel.
(c) A bar.
(d) The theater.

14. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?
(a) Bowling.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Soccer.

15. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?
(a) Enamored.
(b) Bored.
(c) Envious.
(d) Langorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What response does Coffin get to his turning in of the draft cards in Chapter 4?

2. What other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?

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

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

5. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of war that Mailer mentions being disagreeable in Chapter 2?

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