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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. Who paid the $65,000 required to fund the march?
(a) Supportive churches.
(b) Several wealthy donors.
(c) The participating groups.
(d) The Democratic party.

2. How many days in jail is Mailer sentenced to in Chapter 9?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

3. Next to what famous left icon's bunk does Mailer lay down at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Abbie Hoffman.
(b) Dan Berrigan.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) Wavy Gravy.

4. Which of the following militant groups chooses to sit and hold their ground at the March?
(a) SDS.
(b) The Symbionese Liberation Army.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Weathermen.

5. From what neighborhood in New York are the acquaintances Mailer encounters in Occaquan?
(a) Murray Hill.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Upper East Side.
(d) Hell's Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer does Mailer think he is a stand-in for the young people in Chapter 7?

2. Which of the following is not something Mailer describes as the march begins in Chapter 4?

3. At the end of Chapter 4, between which two individuals does a tension develop?

4. Which character introduced in this section has been arrested 9 times at protests?

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 fracas does Mailer get into in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Mailer think about his family in Chapter 5?

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