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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Numbness and Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time did Marlantes have after combat that could have been spent mourning and asking for forgiveness?
(a) 20-30 minutes.
(b) A couple hours.
(c) About a half an hour.
(d) 10-15 minutes.

2. In Chapter Four, where was the platoon that Marlantes was commanding holding a key bridge?
(a) Route 4.
(b) Route 9.
(c) Route 11.
(d) Route 20.

3. After Marlantes had been in Vietnam about a year and was assigned to be an air observer, how many feet off the ground did the observation plane fly?
(a) 350.
(b) About a thousand.
(c) Only a couple hundred.
(d) 500.

4. When did the U.S. first bomb Libya?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1967.

5. How many shots did Marlantes fire at the NVA soldier referenced in #21 above?
(a) 4 to 5.
(b) 2 to 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "I am by nature warlike"?

2. What human form did the god in "Mahabharata" take?

3. What was the name of Marlantes' German shepherd?

4. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?

5. How long had the Third Marine Division and the North Vietnamese Army struggled?

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