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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer does Mailer think he is a stand-in for the young people in Chapter 7?
(a) Miller.
(b) Twain.
(c) Faulkner.
(d) Hemingway.

2. What is happening to Mailer at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He is being arrested.
(b) He is sleeping under a tree.
(c) He is lying on the ground after being maced.
(d) He is giving a television interview.

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

4. In Chapter 5, who goes to sleep in the cell with Mailer?
(a) John Doyle.
(b) Walter Teague.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) The Hungarian freedom fighter.

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

6. Which of the following is not an area that the attorney of Chapter 4 gets permission for protest activity?
(a) The Washington Monument.
(b) The road leading to the Pentagon.
(c) The Lincoln Memorial.
(d) The north lot of the Pentagon.

7. Why did march planning committee visit the Pentagon numerous times before the march?
(a) To choose the best side to approach.
(b) To gauge police coverage in the lots.
(c) To speak with security there.
(d) To take pictures for promotional materials.

8. What reason does the judge give for giving Mailer a stiffer sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) He is older and more influential.
(b) He was late to court.
(c) He is a consistent violator of the law.
(d) He has been uncooperative throughout.

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

10. Where is the bus in Chapter 4 taking Mailer and the other marchers?
(a) A bus depot in Brookland.
(b) A school in Baltimore.
(c) A post office in Alexandria.
(d) A police station in Bethesda.

11. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's mind racing to figure out?
(a) Where the best shade is.
(b) The best way to get arrested.
(c) WHich set of camera's is CBS.
(d) What Mitch Goodman is.

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

13. What does one of the older gentlemen tell a young black man who gets overly angry in Chapter 4?
(a) To speak to one of the monitors.
(b) To lead the way to the Pentagon.
(c) To have a swig of scotch.
(d) To just go home.

14. What type of overtones are part of Mailer's speech in Chapter 10?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Militaristic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sexual.

15. Which New York-based journalist is quoted at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Jimmy Breslin.
(b) Pauline Kael.
(c) Frank Rich.
(d) Truman Capote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which music group is playing at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?

2. What is Donald Kalish's profession?

3. How does Mailer signal that he wants to be arrested at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What good news does John Boyle give Mailer in Chapter 3?

5. To what ancient monument does Mailer compare the Pentagon in Chapter 4?

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