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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. The Marines feel one of them is worth how many regular soldiers?

2. The VC conserves what?

3. Why do many soldiers miss details that could have kept them alive?

4. What does Herr say plays behind the young marine's eyes?

5. How many times does the young marine miss his transport?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Herr's comments about the NVA who refused to come out of his spider hole and the numerous ways a man can be killed in Vietnam.

2. Describe the actions of the correspondents while in the field.

3. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.

4. Discuss what an NVA attack on Khe Sanh with the tanks would mean for the American soldiers.

5. How does the Vietnam War impact more than just the country of Vietnam?

6. Discuss the meaning of Major Trong's statement that he is emperor now.

7. Describe the state of the war as Herr enters it.

8. Discuss the story about the soldier who is rewarded for killing more enemy and rescuing more prisoners than he actually did.

9. Describe the battle for the Citadel in Hue.

10. Why do you think the chaplain lies to the soldier whose legs have been blown off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Herr's statement that Saigon looks beautiful from the air but up close is really a crime ridden trash heap. How does this statement apply to the entire Vietnam War?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the rock and roll culture in America during the 1960s. How did the music parallel the political environment of the decade? How did the lives of the rock artists mimic the experiences of the Vietnam soldiers?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the title of Chapter 4, Illumination Rounds. What are illumination rounds in a military sense? What are the illumination rounds Herr discusses?

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