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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 other protest speaker is on the same plane as with Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) Ed de Grazia.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Dwight Macdonald.
(d) Paul Goodman.

2. Who is William Sloane Coffin?
(a) A former Air Force pilot.
(b) Chaplain at Yale.
(c) Editor of The New Republic.
(d) A local DC businessman.

3. 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) Hegelian dialectics.
(b) Tribalism.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Technology.

4. To what does Mailer compare his hangover in Chapter 2?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) An atomic bomb.
(c) A garbage heap.
(d) Napalm.

5. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?
(a) 994.
(b) 707.
(c) 320.
(d) 176.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?

2. In Chapter 1, who does Mailer get into a cloyingly complimentary conversation?

3. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the plan for the Justice Department protest?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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