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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Marlantes' German shepherd?
(a) Bruno.
(b) Katie.
(c) Sancho.
(d) Snowy.

2. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. When Marlantes was with his company in the high mountains that formed the Vietnamese border with Laos, what did he target for an air strike?
(a) An underground base.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Elephants.
(d) A village.

4. What creature did Marlantes have to kill after dogs had harried it?
(a) Hamster.
(b) Kitten.
(c) Seagull.
(d) Rabbit.

5. In 1968 when Marlantes was left in charge of an undermanned platoon, how long did he and his men sleep at a time?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the "Mahabharata" first written down and preserved?

2. In Chapter Four, how did Marlantes get to the bridge that his platoon was holding?

3. What did Marlantes buy Joseph Campbell when he wanted to talk to him?

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

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

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