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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character introduced in this section has been arrested 9 times at protests?
(a) The Hungarian freedom fighter.
(b) John Boyle.
(c) Walter Teague.
(d) The "nazi."

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

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

4. Next to what famous left icon's bunk does Mailer lay down at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Dan Berrigan.
(b) Wavy Gravy.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) Abbie Hoffman.

5. Who in the Volkswagen does the MP subdue in Chapter 2?
(a) The freedom fighter.
(b) Mailer.
(c) Walter Teague.
(d) The "Nazi."

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

7. Who is waiting her Mailer when he arrives at booking in Occoquan at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) A hired driver and car to the airport.
(b) His wife.
(c) Mitch Goodman.
(d) His documentary crew.

8. At what time in Chapter 8 does Teague begin his lectures again?
(a) 4 PM.
(b) 12 PM.
(c) 8 AM.
(d) 5 AM.

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

10. Counting his current one, how many wives has Mailer had?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

11. Why does Mailer determine it is time to get arrested in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The band stops playing.
(b) People begin fleeing.
(c) Mitch Goodman signals him.
(d) The afternoon is getting late.

12. How does Mailer respond to the band's ritual in Chapter 6?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He looks about confused.
(c) He is enthralled.
(d) He quickly loses interest.

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

14. What is Mailer worried about missing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) His medication time.
(b) Lowell's party.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Arraignment.

15. What is the stated goal of the March, as articulated by the Steering Committee in Chapter 3?
(a) To raise awareness of illegal bombing in Laos and Cambodia.
(b) To draw attention to the cost of the War.
(c) To end the war in Vietnam.
(d) To shut down the war-making machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?

2. Who in Chapter 5, is completely enthralled by the band's activities?

3. Which of the following militant groups chooses to sit and hold their ground at the March?

4. What state is the MP from?

5. What does Mailer tell Fontain about his arrest in Chapter 1?

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