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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the organizers of the March go for breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) A bar.
(b) A union hall.
(c) A church.
(d) Another hotel.

2. What is scheduled to happen in Washington, DC, the day that Mailer arrives?
(a) A series of speeches at a theatre.
(b) A dinner at the Watergate.
(c) A small concert on the Mall.
(d) A march to the Capitol.

3. What does Mailer carry with him when he leaves the part in Chapter 4?
(a) A coffee cup of whiskey.
(b) A vase.
(c) A handful of crackers and cheese.
(d) A Havana cigar.

4. Who is William Sloane Coffin?
(a) Chaplain at Yale.
(b) A local DC businessman.
(c) A former Air Force pilot.
(d) Editor of The New Republic.

5. In Chapter 3, Mailer states that left-wing groups should choose names similar to what?
(a) Motorcycle gangs.
(b) Right-wing groups.
(c) Fortune 500 companies.
(d) Religious sects.

6. What sport does Mailer liken the debate over Vietnam to in Chapter 5?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Football.

7. What does Mailer intimate about his drinking the night before Chapter 1?
(a) He blacked out.
(b) He became belligerent toward his fellow writers.
(c) He abstained from all alcohol.
(d) He did not get very drunk.

8. In Chapter 5, who attempts to silence de Grazia and Mailer as they squabble onstage?
(a) Goodman.
(b) The Time Magazine reporter.
(c) Lowell.
(d) Macdonald.

9. Whose flattery in Chapter 4 is Mailer suspicious of?
(a) de Grazia's.
(b) Macdonald's.
(c) Lowell's.
(d) The host's.

10. What is provided for the young men in Chapter 3's breakfast?
(a) Bananas and cantaloupe.
(b) Granola.
(c) Peanut butter and bread.
(d) Toasted English muffins.

11. How many draft cards are turned in at Justice in Chapter 4?
(a) 707.
(b) 320.
(c) 176.
(d) 994.

12. At what theatre is the presentation of Chapter 5 located?
(a) The Ambassador.
(b) The Arena.
(c) Ford's Theatre.
(d) The National Theatre.

13. In Chapter 1, what does Mailer determine is the goal of an invasion of the Pentagon?
(a) To provide Paul Goodman a platform to self-promote.
(b) To obstruct the daily activity of the Pentagon.
(c) To wound the American military symbolically.
(d) To achieve publicity for the next day's events.

14. How long has the audience been waiting when the speakers arrive at the theatre in Chapter 5?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 5 hours.

15. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Cuba.
(c) China.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central action of the protest Mailer is invited to in Chapter 2?

2. Why does Mailer's conversation with Macdonald become awkward in Chapter 4?

3. Who is emceeing when Mailer arrives to the theatre in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 6, how does Mailer characterize Macdonald politically?

5. In Chapter 1, what is significant about Mailer's state at the time he is arrested?

(see the answer keys)

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