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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Mailer dressed for court in Chapter 9?
(a) A dashiki.
(b) A tee shirt and jeans.
(c) A vest, tie, and cufflinks.
(d) He is naked.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Mailer tell Fontain about his arrest in Chapter 1?
(a) It was done correctly.
(b) It will not stop the cause.
(c) It is not the first time he has been in handcuffs.
(d) It is unjust.

15. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?
(a) He refuses to acknowledge the legitimacy of the court.
(b) Not guilty.
(c) Guilty.
(d) No contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mailer respond to the band's ritual in Chapter 6?

2. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?

3. About what do the arrested marchers speculate at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. Which of the following titles is not one that Mailer the narrator gives himself, Lowell, and Macdonald in Chapter 4?

5. To what does Mailer compare the MP's on the bus in Chapter 4?

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