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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maryk wants to turn in Queeg under which article?
(a) 252.
(b) 686.
(c) 184.
(d) 57.

2. What question causes the court to be cleared during Queeg's testimony?
(a) "Did you illegally obtain liquor and bring it to the states?"
(b) "Did Maryk disobey a direct order to ballast the tanks?"
(c) "Did you ever steam over your own towline and cut it?"
(d) "Did Stilwell and Keith have an inappropriate relationship?"

3. The Caine and Moulton are ordered to go where together?
(a) Norfolk, Virginia.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) New Jersey.

4. How does Queeg look when Barney calls him to the stand?
(a) Small and haughty.
(b) Debonair and self-assured.
(c) Shifty and disheveled.
(d) Tired and aged.

5. After midnight on the day of the Kamikaze attack, what does Willie do?
(a) He goes to sleep.
(b) He writes May a love letter.
(c) He conducts a funeral.
(d) He finally eats a hot meal.

6. The book describes Willie's home as being the same except for what?
(a) His room had been redecorated.
(b) The lawn was not as well kept.
(c) His dad's office was no longer there.
(d) The smell of his dad's cigars.

7. How many psychiatrists examined Queeg at the hospital?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

8. How many keys does Willie take to the captain after Willie interviews all the men in his department?
(a) 100.
(b) 250.
(c) 400.
(d) 150.

9. What was Captain Breakstone's dream?
(a) To command a transport.
(b) To fly on a carrier.
(c) To command a battleship.
(d) To be the best lawyer in the Navy.

10. How many men does the Caine pull from the wreckage of the George Black?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

11. When Barney asks about the day of the typhoon, how does Queeg react?
(a) He refuses to answer any of the questions.
(b) He pulls out a cigarette.
(c) He pulls the steel balls out of his pocket.
(d) He gets indignant and asks for redirection.

12. From which book does this quote come? "Life is a dream, a little more coherent than most."
(a) "The Republic" by Plato.
(b) Voltaire's "Socrates."
(c) Nietze's "Beyond Good and Evil."
(d) Pascal's "Pensees."

13. During the storm, Willie finds how many soldiers crammed in the radio shack?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

14. Who puts a pair of steel balls on Keefer's bed?
(a) Keith.
(b) Meatloaf.
(c) Urban.
(d) Maryk.

15. What is the name of the typhoon approaching the Caine in Chapter 27?
(a) Typhoon Camille.
(b) Typhoon Robert.
(c) Typhoon William.
(d) Typhoon Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willie feel when he reads that he's being recommended for a court martial?

2. Whose wife keeps having dreams about typhoons?

3. What metaphor does Barney Greenwald use to describe his legal tricks?

4. What recurring dream does Willie remember from his childhood?

5. What does Captain Blakely do when Willie starts telling about the loss of the crate of liquor?

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