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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 say he has sworn not to do, because it will support continued fighting Vietnam?
(a) Turn in aluminum as certain stations.
(b) Read the Washington Post.
(c) Pay a 10% increase in the income tax.
(d) Purchase Coors beer.

2. Where do Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald go after the card return in Chapter 4?
(a) A hot-dog stand.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The hotel.
(d) A bar.

3. In Chapter 4, what events does Mailer contend are always the same?
(a) Liberal parties.
(b) Book discussions.
(c) Vietnam protests.
(d) Rides from airports to hotels.

4. At which hotel is Mailer staying?
(a) The Watergate.
(b) The Hay-Adams.
(c) The Willard.
(d) The Marriot.

5. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of war that Mailer mentions being disagreeable in Chapter 2?
(a) Constant fatigue.
(b) The omnipresence of death.
(c) Trudging through mud.
(d) Intestinal agitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 2, what word does Mailer want to tell Mitch Goodman to shove?

3. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?

4. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Chapter 2 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mailer's attitude toward protest at the beginning of the novel?

2. How does Mailer respond to William Sloane Coffin in Chapter 3?

3. What rationalization does Mailer give for taking his book from the hostess's house in Chapter 5?

4. What narrative is told by the Time Magazine article of Chapter 1?

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

6. What happens once the group arrives at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?

7. Why does Mailer agree to join the Pentagon protest in Chapter 2?

8. Describe Mailer's emceeing in Chapters 5 and 6?

9. Why is Dwight Macdonald livid about the newspaper coverage of the Ambassador event in Chapter 3?

10. What reasoning does Mailer give for placing himself at the center of the narrative of the novel in Chapter 1?

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