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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) About one hour.
(d) Several hours.

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

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

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

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

11. From what neighborhood in New York are the acquaintances Mailer encounters in Occaquan?
(a) Murray Hill.
(b) Upper East Side.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Hell's Kitchen.

12. What good news does John Boyle give Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) The march successfully invaded the Pentagon.
(b) They will probably be released.
(c) Lowell and Macdonald will be in the next group.
(d) They will be fed soon.

13. 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 north lot of the Pentagon.
(c) The road leading to the Pentagon.
(d) The Lincoln Memorial.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's assessment of the mistake the Revolutionary Contingent made during the march?

3. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?

4. What is happening to Mailer at the end of Chapter 6?

5. How is Mailer dressed for court in Chapter 9?

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