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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 does Pavlo also explain thinking about while holding the grenade?
(a) How his dad taught him to throw.
(b) How he might not live.
(c) How he would cover the granade with his body.
(d) How well his hometown baseball coach could throw.

2. What did the man in the Corporal's story do to the two Vietnamese people?
(a) Took their weapons.
(b) Spit in their faces.
(c) Begged for forgiveness.
(d) Shot them dead.

3. After Parker and Kress leave the furnace room, what does Pierce make Pavlo do?
(a) Take off his jacket.
(b) Sing "When the Saints Go Marching In."
(c) Recite his general orders.
(d) Push-ups.

4. What does Pierce urge Pavlo to do in response to the people tormenting him?
(a) To quit the army.
(b) To fight back.
(c) To make friends with them.
(d) To announce his problem in the barracks.

5. What is the subject of the first army song sung?
(a) How unfaithful women are when their men are at war.
(b) How fun it is to be in the army.
(c) How having a gun makes you weaker.
(d) How they are only strong in numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierce first drunkenly say to Pavlo?

2. According to the Corporal, what were the two Vietnamese in his story wearing, although asking for help?

3. What does Ardell say to Pavlo in regards to the person Pavlo sees in the mirror?

4. What is happening in the barracks when Ardell first appears to find Pavlo near death?

5. What is the story about that Pavlo tells Pierce in the furnace room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the possible complexities of symbolism behind Pavlo's wound in this play.

2. In what ways can Pavlo be considered a classic "tragic figure" by the time the audience reaches Act 2, Part 4? Relate him to other well-known tragic figures in literature.

3. How does Pavlo's egocentrism and immaturity play a part in misleading him from the identity he so strongly desires?

4. Pavlo believes that good soldiers are never helpless in any situation. How does this belief play out and dramatize itself in his experience with the Corporal and following scenes?

5. Choose and explore one character trait of Pavlo that is revealed in the beginning of this play.

6. What dramatic changes occur to Pavlo and his mentality in Act 2, Part 4?

7. Explain the nature of and reasoning behind Pavlo's lies.

8. In what way does Pavlo try to become "a good soldier"? Explain what seems to get in the way of this endeavor.

9. Using the fragmentary nature of the plot line thus far as a platform, describe the impression it has on the way by which the audience will begin to learn about the main character.

10. Explore the reasons why Pavlo might be desperate for a new identity.

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