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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. Where was Zoomer injured?
(a) Chest.
(b) Groin.
(c) Hip.
(d) Head.

2. Where was Marlantes when he saw a little girl who had had her hands cut off to enhance her ability to beg?
(a) Agra.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Achalpur.

3. During his military service, how many times did Marlantes see the First Marine break through the last defenses on an assault?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

4. When was the movie "Psycho" released?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1960.

5. Where did Marlantes grow up?
(a) Washington.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many decades did Marlantes have flashbacks from the war that affected him emotionally?

2. What was Joseph Campbell's ethnic background?

3. How much did Marlantes' German shepherd weight?

4. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?

5. What did Marlantes say was the Irish equivalent of the Iliad?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the team that Marlantes took when he went to access the position of his platoon that was holding a bridge.

2. Describe Zoomer's injuries.

3. What side did Marlantes believe there was that men tried to deny?

4. Why did Marlantes keep a picture of a girl from Mozambique on his file cabinet.

5. What did Marlantes say about his spiritual condition in 1968?

6. What inattention to detail in 1968 made Marlantes feel guilty?

7. What emotions did Marlantes feel when he had to kill?

8. Why did Marlantes say that war is the antithesis of a fundamental rule of moral conduct?

9. What response would people who actually fought and won battles have?

10. What did Marlantes lose after Vietnam and why?

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