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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 does the man Banning meets with from question #139 at first feel about Banning being there?
2. Where does Ward, Carolina, and Schneider wait for Galloway?
3. When is Koffler promoted to sergeant?
4. What did Captain Haughton carry as he went to a Baltimore restaurant?
5. What is the name of Pickering's boat that used to be his Pacific Princess?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Barbara Cotter stationed in Melbourne and why is she at Pickering's house?
2. What does Pickering tell Knox about Koffler's mission?
3. What happens when Macklin asks for volunteers for a dangerous mission?
4. How does the jump with Koffler and Howard go?
5. What does McInerney want Galloway to do and how does Holcomb respond to that idea?
6. Who does Koffler see at the Elms and what do they discuss?
7. What happens when Galloway meets Ward and Schneider at the Officer's Club at Quantico?
8. Who does Barbara see when she goes into Pickering's sitting room? What does Pickering suggest?
9. What is in the letter Pickering sends to Knox in which he also has a request about Banning?
10. Why does Banning meet with Eric Feldt and what happened at that meeting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Counterattack. Consider the following: How does one character's actions portray the theme you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to that theme? Is the theme one that you would call a "universal theme?" If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme? If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?
2. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Counterattack. How does one character's actions portray the themes you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to those themes? Is each theme one that you would call a "universal theme?" If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme? If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?
3. What benefit is there in discussing and analyzing the themes of a work of fiction? Do you think most authors consciously develop themes in their works? Why or why not? Can there be accidental themes? What do you think is one possible "accidental" theme in Counterattack? Which theme in Counterattack speaks to you the most in your life? Why?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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