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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 2, who does Dellinger bring on a Project Manager for the March?
(a) Ed de Grazia.
(b) William Kunstler.
(c) Jerry Rubin.
(d) Mitch Goodman.

2. What game does Mailer play with a cellmate to pass the time in Chapter 5?
(a) Chess.
(b) Gin rummy.
(c) Poker.
(d) 20 questions.

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

4. Who is waiting her Mailer when he arrives at booking in Occoquan at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) His documentary crew.
(b) A hired driver and car to the airport.
(c) His wife.
(d) Mitch Goodman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stated goal of the March, as articulated by the Steering Committee in Chapter 3?

2. To what does Mailer compare the MP's on the bus in Chapter 4?

3. What is Donald Kalish's profession?

4. Who is Mailer's lawyer in Chapter 9?

5. What is Dick Fontaine doing at the march in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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