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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. Who does Steve Koffler invite to his apartment?

2. With whom is Neville meeting in Lakehurst?

3. Where are Pickering's headquarters located?

4. What does Dianne tell Koffler?

5. What job does Ellen have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Howard and Barbara when they go for dinner?

2. Why is Joe Howard on the USS Tangier and what happens on the way to her destination?

3. Where has Galloway been sent after flying the plane without permission and what do the Marines plan to do about him?

4. Why is Neville going to Lakehurst and what happens when he first arrives? What does he tell the pilot of the plane?

5. Where does Howard report for his physical, what happens immediately and why?

6. What does Fleming tell Fowler about meeting Donovan, what does Fowler say about Donovan, and how does Fleming feel about Donovan?

7. What do Galloway and the others do at Ward's house?

8. Why is Stephen Koffler at Lakehurst and what does the Navy keep there?

9. What does Charley do when he puts together and aircraft, and what is the end result?

10. What happens when Koffler returns home to see Dianne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Howard, despite his background, is an officer and a gentleman and is therefore accorded more respect and trust even in enemy territory than the common soldier. Discuss the following:

1. Does it seem likely that officers are usually more respectable than enlisted men back then? What about today? Why or why not?

2. In the Raiders, Carlson wants no distinction between officer and enlisted. Explain why you think this is a good or bad idea. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. In the present military in the United States, both officers and enlisted can be held for court martial for adultery or having sexual relations with someone of inferior rank. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with the policy?

Essay Topic 2

Most of the entire series of novels concerning the Corps takes place during the second world war; therefore, understanding the political and social situation during that time helps to a greater understanding and appreciation of this book and others in the series. Discuss one of the following:

1. Research and write an expository essay about how the second world war begins and ends.

2. Research and write an expository essay about the battles that take place on land between America and the Japanese in World War II.

3. Compare/contrast the importance of the British infantry during the second world war to the importance of the American infantry during WWI.

4. Write an expository essay on how World War II affects the social culture of one of the following countries: Britain, France, America, or Germany.

Essay Topic 3

Joe Howard is what they call a mustang, an enlisted man who came up to be an officer. Often there is tension between an enlisted man who becomes and officer and a college graduate who starts as an officer.

1. How do you think a mustang might handle command differently than a regular officer? Use examples from Counterattack to illustrate your answer.

2. Other officers resenting those who did not go to college is not uncommon in other institutions. There are many situations in which a person is qualified to do a job without formal education and those with formal education might resent that person. Discuss what you believe are the interpersonal and personality dynamics of this type of situation. Use examples to support your answer.

3. Throughout history, as long as there has been rank in the military or classes in the social sphere, treatment of people have been unequal. Officers have always had better quarters and food. Kings sleep in better homes than carpenters. Do you think inequality of people is good or bad? Could it motivate those in the lower hierarchies to work harder or just make them resentful? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of unequal status among humans.

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