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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
2. What does Mailer state in Chapter 5 is the best course of action if you cannot please a liberal hostess?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Mailer resolve to do?
4. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?
5. Which of the following ideas is not something that Mailer declares the young generation believes in more fervently than its forebears in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the performance space of this section.
2. What amusing interchange happens between Mailer and Lowell in this section?
3. What state is Mailer in when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?
4. What metaphor does Mailer use in Chapter 5 to describe the Vietnam controvery in America and who takes what sides?
5. What appraisal of Robert Lowell does Mailer make in en route to the Department of Justice in Chapter 3?
6. Why are Mailer, Macdonald, and Lowell ambivalent about getting arrested in Chapter 1?
7. Describe the interactions Mailer has with his fellow speakers at the party in Chapter 4.
8. How is Mailer received after Lowell in Chapter 6?
9. Why is Mailer late to emcee the event in Chapter 5?
10. What happens once the group arrives at the Justice Department in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, New York and Washington, DC, are distinctly juxtaposed where one is a place of planning and thought and the other place of action of danger. Write an essay about the juxtaposition of these two cities. Which character best typifies the aesthetic of New York, in your opinion? Which character best typifies DC? What is the significance of the fact that many of the notables spend Saturday attempting to get back to New York for a society party? What does it mean that Mailer soon forgets about this goal?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the consistent comparison of the marchers in the novel to a conventional army. Begin your discussion of this likening of two armies by focusing on Mailer's connection of the march to his tour of duty in World War II. What are the similarities he mentions? Where is the comparable glory and agony experienced by both groups? How do the marchers have to prove their courage and willingness to sacrifice for comrades? How does this affect the wording used in describing them?
Essay Topic 3
What is the role of notables like Lowell, Mailer, and Macdonald? Write an essay about the role of celebrity in the protest. Why does Mitch Goodman go about convincing Mailer to join the protest, knowing his personal feelings and tendency toward wild behavior? In the latter half of the essay, discuss how the notables actually fare in the March. What do they do to show support for those who face beatings and litigation?
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