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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?
(a) A group of kindergarteners.
(b) A high school sports team.
(c) A family reunion.
(d) A rock band on tour.

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

3. 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) As big as the Pentagon itself.
(d) The size of a grocery store's parking lot.

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

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

6. In Chapter 6, Mailer acknowledges that what was present on both sides of the line at the Pentagon?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Animosity.
(c) Lethargy.
(d) Terror.

7. What word does Mailer use to describe supporters of the ear in Chapter 7?
(a) Lions.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Dodos.
(d) Wolves.

8. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Castro.
(d) Mao.

9. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A laying-on of hands.
(c) An exorcism.
(d) A wedding.

10. Which of the following militant groups chooses to sit and hold their ground at the March?
(a) The Symbionese Liberation Army.
(b) The Black Panthers.
(c) SDS.
(d) The Weathermen.

11. About what do the arrested marchers speculate at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) If they will have to serve time.
(b) Whether they will have to spend the night in jail.
(c) If Robert Lowell was arrested.
(d) What the coverage of the march will highlight.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the "Nazi" who antagonizes Mailer in Chapter 2?

2. What is the stated goal of the March, as articulated by the Steering Committee in Chapter 3?

3. Which of the following is not an area that the attorney of Chapter 4 gets permission for protest activity?

4. In Chapter 1 of Book II, to whom does the "writer" pass the baton?

5. Which of the following is not a reason Mailer gives for a person's opposition to the War in Chapter 7?

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