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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston Common.
(b) Los Angeles, CA.
(c) University of Wisconsin.
(d) Read College.

2. What does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

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

4. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?
(a) William Burroughs'.
(b) Lyndon Johnson's.
(c) Ben Franklin's.
(d) Abbie Hoffman's.

5. According to mailer in Chapter 1, which of the following qualities is definitely not necessary in a protagonist for the story of the March?
(a) He should be a nonpartisan.
(b) He should be an organizer.
(c) He should have participated.
(d) He should be an observer.

6. At which hotel is Mailer staying?
(a) The Watergate.
(b) The Hay-Adams.
(c) The Marriot.
(d) The Willard.

7. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?
(a) The hotel.
(b) A bar.
(c) A hot-dog stand.
(d) The Pentagon.

8. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of war that Mailer mentions being disagreeable in Chapter 2?
(a) The omnipresence of death.
(b) Constant fatigue.
(c) Trudging through mud.
(d) Intestinal agitation.

9. What does Mailer state in Chapter 5 is the best course of action if you cannot please a liberal hostess?
(a) Apologize profusely.
(b) Slip out inconspiculously.
(c) Get her a gift basket.
(d) Wrong her completely.

10. Which Ivy League university did both Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller graduate from?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Columbia.

11. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?
(a) Punch Mitch Goodman.
(b) Get arrested.
(c) Slip out of Washingotn in the afternoon.
(d) Stay sober for the march.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?
(a) A press conference.
(b) The running of the bulls,
(c) A class reunion.
(d) A whorehouse.

13. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?
(a) They may invade the Pentagon.
(b) They may egg the President's care.
(c) National press may cover the speeches.
(d) Eugene McCarthy may speak.

14. Who speaks with Mitch Goodman at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Dr. Ben Spock.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Noam Chomsky.

15. Who is William Sloane Coffin?
(a) A local DC businessman.
(b) Editor of The New Republic.
(c) Chaplain at Yale.
(d) A former Air Force pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer liken himself to when he begins emceeing in Chapter 5?

2. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?

3. With whom does Mailer get into a shouting matching in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?

5. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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