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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 3, what concern does does Goodman have about the route to the Pentagon?
(a) The route involves a numer of sudden turns.
(b) Know one knows the route.
(c) There are rumors of roadblocks on the road.
(d) Law enforcement wants them to take the narrowest road.

2. How does Mailer dismiss de Grazia from the stage to begin emceeing the night in Chapter 5?
(a) He orders him to fetch some water.
(b) He pushes him over.
(c) He slaps his behind.
(d) He waltzes him off the stage.

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

4. Which of the following men is not quoted by Mailer is having advocated sensory adjudication in Chapter 2?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) John O'Hara.
(c) Thomas Aquinis.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Mailer claims that America's New Left is drawing its political aesthetic from what country?

2. Who is William Sloane Coffin?

3. According to mailer in Chapter 1, which of the following qualities is definitely not necessary in a protagonist for the story of the March?

4. Which of the following locations is not one that Mailer mentions rioting over the Vietnam issue in Chapter 2?

5. What does Mailer forget to give back to the hostess when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What narrative is told by the Time Magazine article of Chapter 1?

2. What amusing interchange happens between Mailer and Lowell in this section?

3. Describe Norman Mailer as a character.

4. What does Mailer find at the church in Chapter 3?

5. What is the plan for the Justice Department protest?

6. What metaphor does Mailer use in Chapter 5 to describe the Vietnam controvery in America and who takes what sides?

7. Why does Mailer agree to join the Pentagon protest in Chapter 2?

8. How does Mailer respond to William Sloane Coffin in Chapter 3?

9. What concerns Goodman about the protest planning in Chapter 3?

10. What state is Mailer in when he leaves the party in Chapter 4?

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