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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. In Chapter 4, to what does Mailer compare the people on the bus?
(a) A rock band on tour.
(b) A group of kindergarteners.
(c) A high school sports team.
(d) A family reunion.

2. How does Mailer describe the MP's face at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Pained.
(b) Severe.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Impassive.

3. What is the stated goal of the March, as articulated by the Steering Committee in Chapter 3?
(a) To raise awareness of illegal bombing in Laos and Cambodia.
(b) To end the war in Vietnam.
(c) To shut down the war-making machine.
(d) To draw attention to the cost of the War.

4. What is the highest estimate given in Chapter 5 for the number of marchers who may attend?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 80,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who in the Volkswagen does the MP subdue in Chapter 2?

3. What does Mailer tell Fontain about his arrest in Chapter 1?

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

5. Counting his current one, how many wives has Mailer had?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the Fugs do at the Pentagon in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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