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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. How long did this recurring nightmare haunt Marlantes?

2. What rank did Marlantes hold after Vietnam?

3. In Chapter Four, how old was the volunteer who went with Marlantes to assess the platoon holding a key bridge?

4. Where was Zoomer injured?

5. How tall was "Canada"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when warfare was turned into crusades?

2. What were some of the toughest bombing assignments in the history of air warfare?

3. What was a critical psychological issue about weapons technology?

4. What type of power did a platoon commander have?

5. What did Marlantes lose after Vietnam and why?

6. What was the recurring nightmare that Marlantes first had?

7. What type of atrocities did Jane Goodall witness?

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

9. In "Mahabharata," why couldn't Arjuna fight?

10. Describe Marlantes' grandmother and how she treated her children.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Ten, Marlantes stated that the Club's membership requirement of silence needed to be rescinded. Discuss the requirement of silence and why it should have been rescinded.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Five, Marlantes discussed the enemy within a person. Discuss the enemy within.

Essay Topic 3

Marlantes discussed two different categories of lying. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the two different categories of lies that Marlantes told.

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