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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. Where are the protest speakers going when they leave the part at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The Department of Justice.
(b) A bar.
(c) The hotel.
(d) The theater.

2. Who performs first in the event of Chapter 5?
(a) Macdonald.
(b) Mailer.
(c) Lowell.
(d) Goodman.

3. According to Mailer in Chapter 3, how did Robert Lowell avoid fighting in World War II?
(a) He was a conscientious objector.
(b) He became a foreign correspondent for the AP.
(c) He worked in a munitions factory.
(d) He has flat feet.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mailer recall as he walks toward the Washington Monument in Chapter 2?

2. The opening of the novel is taken from an article in which publication?

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

4. In Chapter 2, to whom does Mailer state he holds final allegiance?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what does Mailer compare the atmosphere of the Hay-Adams breakfast crowd?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mailer agree to join the Pentagon protest in Chapter 2?

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

5. Describe Norman Mailer as a character.

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

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

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

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