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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?
(a) Be photographed with the organizer.
(b) Stay away from it.
(c) Speak at it.
(d) Cover it for the Village Voice.

2. What does Goodman in Chapter 2 indicate may happen at the protest?
(a) Eugene McCarthy may speak.
(b) National press may cover the speeches.
(c) They may egg the President's care.
(d) They may invade the Pentagon.

3. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?
(a) A handful of crackers and cheese.
(b) A coffee cup of whiskey.
(c) A Havana cigar.
(d) A vase.

4. In Chapter 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) Know one knows the route.
(b) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(c) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.
(d) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.

5. What does Mailer drink during the party of Chapter 4?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Bourbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?

2. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?

4. What is scheduled to happen in Washington, DC, the day that Mailer arrives?

5. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor does Mailer use in Chapter 5 to describe the Vietnam controvery in America and who takes what sides?

2. What does Mailer find at the church in Chapter 3?

3. Why is Mailer late to emcee the event in Chapter 5?

4. How does Mailer characterize the march to the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?

5. What concerns Goodman about the protest planning in Chapter 3?

6. Why are Mailer, Macdonald, and Lowell ambivalent about getting arrested in Chapter 1?

7. Describe Norman Mailer as a character.

8. Why does Mailer state he does not have a good instinct for speeches at protests?

9. How is Mailer received after Lowell in Chapter 6?

10. How do Ed de Grazia and Mailer scuffle in Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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