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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. How does Mailer offend the hostess in Chapter 4?
(a) He refuses dinner.
(b) He breaks her toilet.
(c) He forgets her name.
(d) He call her a loon.

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

3. According to mailer in Chapter 1, which of the following qualities is definitely not necessary in a protagonist for the story of the March?
(a) He should be a nonpartisan.
(b) He should be an observer.
(c) He should be an organizer.
(d) He should have participated.

4. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?
(a) Ben Franklin's.
(b) Abbie Hoffman's.
(c) Lyndon Johnson's.
(d) William Burroughs'.

5. Which descriptor best describes Mailer's feelings while watching Lowell speak in Chapter 6?
(a) Bored.
(b) Enamored.
(c) Envious.
(d) Langorous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?

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

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

5. What instrument does Mailer keep hearing as he marches to the Washington Memorial in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the interactions Mailer has with his fellow speakers at the party in Chapter 4.

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

3. How is Robert Lowell received by the audience?

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

5. What does Mailer feel about left-wing splinter groups' names in Chapter 3?

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

7. How does Norman Mailer characterize his hangover in Chapter 2?

8. What amusing interchange happens between Mailer and Lowell in this section?

9. How does Mailer annoy Ed de Grazia in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer keys)

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