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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 word best describes the collective mood of the protesters at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Impatient.
(b) Focused.
(c) Violent.
(d) Lost.

2. How does Mailer signal that he wants to be arrested at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) He crosses a rope line.
(b) He throws a can at a police cruiser.
(c) He lays prostrate on the ground.
(d) He punches an MP.

3. What nationality is the "Nazi" who antagonizes Mailer in Chapter 2?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) Dutch.

4. What good news does John Boyle give Mailer in Chapter 3?
(a) Lowell and Macdonald will be in the next group.
(b) The march successfully invaded the Pentagon.
(c) They will probably be released.
(d) They will be fed soon.

5. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?
(a) Not guilty.
(b) He refuses to acknowledge the legitimacy of the court.
(c) Guilty.
(d) No contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Mailer acknowledges that what was present on both sides of the line at the Pentagon?

2. Who paid the $65,000 required to fund the march?

3. Who in Chapter 5, is completely enthralled by the band's activities?

4. What does Mailer begin working on in Occaquan in Chapter 7?

5. Which of the following titles is not one that Mailer the narrator gives himself, Lowell, and Macdonald in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the tone of the novel shift dramatically at the beginning of Book II?

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

4. Describe Norman Mailer's arrest in Chapter 6?

5. What fracas does Mailer get into in Chapter 2?

6. Why is the Vietnam War fought, according to Mailer in Chapter 7?

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

8. What conclusion does Mailer draw from two articles at the end of Chapter 6?

9. How does Mailer fair in court in Chapter 9?

10. What reasons does Mailer list in Chapter 7 for people to be against the war?

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