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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) Read College.
(b) Los Angeles, CA.
(c) University of Wisconsin.
(d) Boston Common.

2. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?
(a) Bobby Seale.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Medger Evers.

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

4. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) Know one knows the route.
(b) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.
(c) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(d) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.

5. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?
(a) Cover it for the Village Voice.
(b) Be photographed with the organizer.
(c) Speak at it.
(d) Stay away from it.

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

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

8. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?
(a) A vase.
(b) A coffee cup of whiskey.
(c) A handful of crackers and cheese.
(d) A Havana cigar.

9. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?
(a) He is sedated.
(b) He is asleep.
(c) He is naked.
(d) He is drunk.

10. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) The Naked and the Dead.
(b) The White Negro.
(c) The Executioner's Song.
(d) Why Are We in Vietnam?

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

12. In Chapter 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?
(a) Right-wing groups.
(b) Religious sects.
(c) Fortune 500 companies.
(d) Motorcycle gangs.

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

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

15. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?
(a) Disappointing.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Galvanizing.
(d) Subtle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Mailer and the Chapter 2 caller spend a period of time after college?

3. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?

4. What did the performance space in this section used to be used for?

5. Which of the following writers is not speaking at the protest?

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