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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. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?
(a) The barricading of the Department of Justice.
(b) The returning of war medals.
(c) The obstructing of traffic outside the White House.
(d) The turning in of draft cards.

2. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?
(a) Tribalism.
(b) Hegelian dialectics.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Technology.

3. Which famous black leader's sister speaks in Chapter 3?
(a) Medger Evers.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Bobby Seale.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

5. What word does Mailer use repeatedly in Chapter 1 to describe the effect of the Pentagon March?
(a) Ambiguous.
(b) Disappointing.
(c) Subtle.
(d) Galvanizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Mailer agree to do the protest?

2. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

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

4. What does Mailer take from de Grazia in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Robert Lowell received by the audience?

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

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

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

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

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

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