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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 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?
(a) Religious sects.
(b) Right-wing groups.
(c) Fortune 500 companies.
(d) Motorcycle gangs.

2. According to the article in Chapter 1, why is Norman Mailer arrested?
(a) He punches a presenter at an awards banquet.
(b) He crosses a police line.
(c) He vomits on the Lincoln Memorial.
(d) He is caught carrying a large bag of marijuana.

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

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

5. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) Cracked.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in Chapter 3 is astounded by the fact that the papers were kind to Mailer's performance and not his?

2. Which of Mailer's books is he clinging onto at he enters the theatre in Chapter 5?

3. What did the performance space in this section used to be used for?

4. To what does Mailer compare his hangover in Chapter 2?

5. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Mailer pointedly note about the black delegates at the march in Chapter 3?

8. How is Robert Lowell received by the audience?

9. Describe the performance space of this section.

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

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