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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not a reason Mailer gives for a person's opposition to the War in Chapter 7?
(a) He is afraid of the draft.
(b) He is a pacifist.
(c) He believes it is an unjust war.
(d) He has Communist sympathies.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. What city is Mailer in at the end of this section?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) New York.
(d) Philadelphia.

9. What does the Revolutionary Contingent do during the March, as noted in Chapter 5?
(a) It lies prostrate on the lot of the Pentagon.
(b) It throws malatov cocktails.
(c) It physically accosts MP's.
(d) It throws eggs at departing Pentagon officials' cars.

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

11. 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.

12. Which music group is playing at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?
(a) The New York Dolls.
(b) The Magic Tramps.
(c) The Band.
(d) The Fugs.

13. In Chapter 1 of Book II, to whom does the "writer" pass the baton?
(a) The revolutionary.
(b) The journalist.
(c) The essayist.
(d) The historian.

14. How does Mailer signal that he wants to be arrested at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) He throws a can at a police cruiser.
(b) He punches an MP.
(c) He crosses a rope line.
(d) He lays prostrate on the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, who goes to sleep in the cell with Mailer?

4. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?

5. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?

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