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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 character introduced in this section has been arrested 9 times at protests?
(a) John Boyle.
(b) The "nazi."
(c) The Hungarian freedom fighter.
(d) Walter Teague.

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

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

4. Which of Mailer's writer friends is present in the Volkswagen with him in Chapter 2?
(a) Dwight Macdonald.
(b) Paul Goodman.
(c) None of them.
(d) Robert Lowell.

5. Who is Mailer's lawyer in Chapter 9?
(a) Dellinger.
(b) de Grazia.
(c) Kube.
(d) Goodman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Next to what famous left icon's bunk does Mailer lay down at the end of Chapter 6?

2. What left-wing attorney does the Mobilization Committee meet with in Chapter 4?

3. What is Mailer worried about missing at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

5. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What permits does the Mobilization Committee get in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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