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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?
(a) Lowell.
(b) Macdonald.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Mailer.

2. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He crosses a police line.
(b) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.
(c) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(d) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.

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

4. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) Another hotel.
(b) A church.
(c) A union hall.
(d) A bar.

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 an organizer.
(b) He should be a nonpartisan.
(c) He should have participated.
(d) He should be an observer.

6. What is Mailer doing in Chapter 5 when a Time Magazine correspondent approaches him?
(a) Trying to punch Paul Goodman.
(b) Vomiting out the window.
(c) Sleeping in the aisle.
(d) Urinating on the floor.

7. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?
(a) Himself.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Fellow artists.
(d) The government.

8. What does Mailer intimate about his drinking the night before Chapter 1?
(a) He abstained from all alcohol.
(b) He blacked out.
(c) He became belligerent toward his fellow writers.
(d) He did not get very drunk.

9. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) de Grazia.
(b) Macdonald.
(c) Goodman.
(d) Lowell.

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

11. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?
(a) He orders him to fetch some water.
(b) He slaps his behind.
(c) He waltzes him off the stage.
(d) He pushes him over.

12. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) Goodman.
(b) The Time Magazine reporter.
(c) Macdonald.
(d) Lowell.

13. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?
(a) The 1963 civil rights march.
(b) World War II.
(c) Losing his virginity.
(d) An afternoon in Madrid.

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

15. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?
(a) Cracked.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Time Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?

3. In Chapter 1, how long does Mailer suggest it will take to accurately understand the value of the March?

4. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?

5. On what day of the week is the march taking place?

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