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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 sources are reviewed through much of Chapter 5?
(a) Mobilization Committee minutes.
(b) Newspaper articles.
(c) Dellinger's journals.
(d) Accounting statements.

2. Which writer does Mailer think he is a stand-in for the young people in Chapter 7?
(a) Twain.
(b) Miller.
(c) Faulkner.
(d) Hemingway.

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

4. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's assessment of the mistake the Revolutionary Contingent made during the march?
(a) It was poorly armed.
(b) It lacked a clear system of communication.
(c) It acted too soon.
(d) It was too spread out.

5. What type of overtones are part of Mailer's speech in Chapter 10?
(a) Militaristic.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sexual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a reason Mailer gives for a person's opposition to the War in Chapter 7?

3. From what neighborhood in New York are the acquaintances Mailer encounters in Occaquan?

4. After a term in which of Mailer's books has the band named itself?

5. Who arrives in in Chapter 4 as the protesters are forming ranks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What metaphor does Mailer draw to the Pentagon in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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