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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. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?
(a) As big as the Pentagon itself.
(b) The size of 5 football fields.
(c) The size of a grocery store's parking lot.
(d) Slightly smaller than the central mall.

2. What reason does the judge give for giving Mailer a stiffer sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) He has been uncooperative throughout.
(b) He was late to court.
(c) He is older and more influential.
(d) He is a consistent violator of the law.

3. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?
(a) Technology and commercialism.
(b) Bloodshed and madness.
(c) Marx and Smith.
(d) Money and power.

4. How is Mailer dressed for court in Chapter 9?
(a) A vest, tie, and cufflinks.
(b) He is naked.
(c) A dashiki.
(d) A tee shirt and jeans.

5. About what do the arrested marchers speculate at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Whether they will have to spend the night in jail.
(b) If Robert Lowell was arrested.
(c) What the coverage of the march will highlight.
(d) If they will have to serve time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an area that the attorney of Chapter 4 gets permission for protest activity?

2. In what month is the March held?

3. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how long has the crown been waiting to march?

5. Why did march planning committee visit the Pentagon numerous times before the march?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dick Fontaine figure into the events of this section?

2. What train of people following the the march in Chapter 4?

3. Describe the several movements the arrested marchers have to make in this section?

4. Describe the more extreme voices in the march planning as discussed in Chapter 5.

5. What do the MP's and the marchers have in common, according to Mailer in Chapter 6?

6. Describe the mood of the crown in the beginning of Chapter 4.

7. What bad news greets Mailer when he returns to New York in Chapter 11?

8. What comic episode happens when Mailer is getting changed for his arraignment in Chapter 8?

9. Describe the scene in Occaquan at the beginning of Chapter 6.

10. How does Mailer determine it is time to get arrested at the end of Chapter 5?

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