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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. What type of quasi-religious ceremony does the music group perform in Chapter 5?
(a) A laying-on of hands.
(b) A wedding.
(c) An exorcism.
(d) A baptism.

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

3. From what neighborhood in New York are the acquaintances Mailer encounters in Occaquan?
(a) Hell's Kitchen.
(b) Upper East Side.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Murray Hill.

4. Which of the following is not a reason Mailer gives for a person's opposition to the War in Chapter 7?
(a) He is afraid of the draft.
(b) He believes it is an unjust war.
(c) He has Communist sympathies.
(d) He is a pacifist.

5. What Communist leader's writings is Walter Teague teaching in Chapter 6?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Mao.
(c) Trotsky.
(d) Castro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest estimate given in Chapter 5 for the number of marchers who may attend?

2. According to Mailer in Chapter 5, how big is the praking lot tot he Pentagon?

3. Which two gods does Mailer insist the war supports in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 5, what is Mailer's assessment of the mistake the Revolutionary Contingent made during the march?

5. How does Mailer plead at his lawyer's suggestion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mailer fair in court in Chapter 9?

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

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

6. Describe Norman Mailer's arrest in Chapter 6?

7. What fracas does Mailer get into in Chapter 2?

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

9. Describe the mood of the crown in the beginning of Chapter 4.

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

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