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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. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?
(a) Reporters vying for the best shots.
(b) Police beating riot shields.
(c) Cars driving slowly past the march.
(d) Helicopters flying overhead.

2. What left-wing attorney does the Mobilization Committee meet with in Chapter 4?
(a) Kuby.
(b) de Grazia.
(c) Kunstler.
(d) Van Cleve.

3. What does Mailer begin working on in Occaquan in Chapter 7?
(a) A rebuttal to Teague's ideology.
(b) An outline for a new novel.
(c) His speech upon release.
(d) An open letter to the papers.

4. From what era of literature does Mailer saying he is drawing a convention in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Victorian Era.
(b) The Romantic Era.
(c) The Neoclassical Era.
(d) The Modernist Era.

5. After a term in which of Mailer's books has the band named itself?
(a) The White Negro.
(b) Why Are We in Vietnam?
(c) The Naked and the Dead.
(d) The Deer Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Mailer play with a cellmate to pass the time in Chapter 5?

2. Which music group is playing at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?

3. In what month is the March held?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the crowd becoming unruly in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Dellinger go about planning the march in Chapters 2 and 3?

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

10. In the detain room in Chapter 3, what strikes Mailer about the people around him?

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