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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what era of literature does Mailer saying he is drawing a convention in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Modernist Era.
(b) The Neoclassical Era.
(c) The Victorian Era.
(d) The Romantic Era.

2. To what does Mailer compare the MP's on the bus in Chapter 4?
(a) Referees.
(b) Substitute teachers.
(c) Keystone cops.
(d) Parents.

3. What word best describes the collective mood of the protesters at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Violent.
(b) Lost.
(c) Impatient.
(d) Focused.

4. In Chapter 3, what city does the Steering Committee meet in?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

5. After a term in which of Mailer's books has the band named itself?
(a) The Naked and the Dead.
(b) The Deer Park.
(c) The White Negro.
(d) Why Are We in Vietnam?

6. To what ancient monument does Mailer compare the Pentagon in Chapter 4?
(a) The Tower of Babel.
(b) The Colloseum.
(c) The Great Wall.
(d) The Pyramids.

7. What nationality is the "Nazi" who antagonizes Mailer in Chapter 2?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Italian.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) French.

8. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?
(a) Slightly smaller than the central mall.
(b) The size of 5 football fields.
(c) The size of a grocery store's parking lot.
(d) As big as the Pentagon itself.

9. Who in Chapter 5, is completely enthralled by the band's activities?
(a) Lowell.
(b) Dellinger.
(c) Macdonald.
(d) Mailer.

10. How does Mailer describe the MP's face at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Impassive.
(b) Severe.
(c) Pained.
(d) Intelligent.

11. What sources are reviewed through much of Chapter 5?
(a) Accounting statements.
(b) Mobilization Committee minutes.
(c) Dellinger's journals.
(d) Newspaper articles.

12. Which of Mailer's writer friends is present in the Volkswagen with him in Chapter 2?
(a) None of them.
(b) Dwight Macdonald.
(c) Paul Goodman.
(d) Robert Lowell.

13. In Chapter 2, who does Dellinger bring on a Project Manager for the March?
(a) Mitch Goodman.
(b) Jerry Rubin.
(c) William Kunstler.
(d) Ed de Grazia.

14. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?
(a) de Grazia and Kunstler.
(b) Rubin and Dellinger.
(c) Dellinger and Goodman.
(d) Van Cleve and de Grazia.

15. Who is Mailer's lawyer in Chapter 9?
(a) Dellinger.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Kube.
(d) de Grazia.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do the arrested marchers speculate at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. Which New York-based journalist is quoted at the end of Chapter 6?

3. What is Donald Kalish's profession?

4. Who arrives in in Chapter 4 as the protesters are forming ranks?

5. What does one of the older gentlemen tell a young black man who gets overly angry in Chapter 4?

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