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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 many young men in Chapter 3 will go to the Department of Justice to represent those turning in their draft cards?
(a) About 100.
(b) 10.
(c) About 40.
(d) About 150.

2. Which of the following is not a style of dress that marchers wear in Chapter 2?
(a) Eisenhower jackets.
(b) Turkish shepherd robes.
(c) African dashikis.
(d) Sgt. Pepper uniforms.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?
(a) A whorehouse.
(b) A press conference.
(c) A class reunion.
(d) The running of the bulls,

4. On what day of the week is the march taking place?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vulgar story does Mailer tell the assembled audience in Chapter 6?

2. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?

3. Whose "dwarf alter ego" did Mailer claim to be at the Ambassador speech, according to Macdonald in Chapter 3?

4. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?

5. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What state is Mailer in when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

5. How is Robert Lowell received by the audience?

6. Describe the performance space of this section.

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

8. What appraisal of Robert Lowell does Mailer make in en route to the Department of Justice in Chapter 3?

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

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

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