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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 many people did Marlantes know were dead because of his behavior?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 65.

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

3. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?
(a) 8 feet.
(b) 7 feet.
(c) 6 feet.
(d) 9 feet.

4. What was the name of Marlantes' buddy who also shot at a teen NVA soldier with a grenade?
(a) Tex.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Alabama.

5. From how far at sea could Tomahawk missiles be fired?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 500 miles.
(d) 400 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shots did Marlantes fire at the NVA soldier referenced in #21 above?

2. Who was Marlantes philosophy tutor at Oxford?

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

4. Where did Marlantes' grandfather often fish?

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

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