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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 is the gun-chewing boy in Chapter 31?
2. How does Cacciato finally answer Paul Berlin's plea to agree to the murder?
3. At the end of Chapter 33, what does the brutal Iranian officer force Third Squad to call themselves?
4. In this chapter, to what does the girl in the van compare to the War?
5. After New Years Day in Chapter 29, what year is it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What public event does Third Squad witness in Chapter 29?
2. How does Third Squad manage to depart the ocean liner at the beginning of Chapter 40?
3. Describe Cacciato in Chapter 31.
4. Why does the Squad occasionally march down trails likely to be booby trapped?
5. How does Paul Berlin feel about death in Chapter 32?
6. What does Buff's body look like when Cacciato finds it in Chapter 41?
7. What implied ultimatum does Sarkin Aung Wan make to Paul Berlin in Chapter 43?
8. How does Lieutenant Martin precipitate his own murder in Chapter 34?
9. Why does Doc Peret have to admit to the Cacciato chase in Chapter 33?
10. How does Third Squad escape execution in Chapter 36?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In many ways, Going After Cacciato is a rumination on the idea of desertion. Paul Berlin longs to walk away from the war, and his fantasy of Cacciato's flight to Paris offers him a window into a desertion scenario. Write an essay about the agonized decision to desert, focusing on three moments in the novel:
Part 1) Why do the men of Third Squad choose to hold a vote on whether to continue the pursuit after they cross into Laos? What arguments are made, and who among the Squad cannot brook the idea of continuing on?
Part 2) When Third Squad is arrested for desertion in Tehran, how does Doc Peret defend them to Captain Rhallon? Why do they personally believe that they have not abandoned their greater mission?
Part 3) Sum up the Paris debate held between Sarkin Aung Wan and Paul Berlin. How does Paul Berlin defend his decision not to leave Third Squad? What temptation does he overcome?
Essay Topic 2
There are two Paul Berlins in Going After Cacciato: the weak-willed bad soldier of the real chapters, and the one that presses onward and gets the girl in the Cacciato story. Write an essay comparing these two. How does the protagonist of the novel reinvent himself in half the chapters? How does this reinvention help him deal with his desperate shortcomings in the other half of the novel? TO what extent is the second Paul Berlin a defense for the first?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the character of Sarkin Aung Wan. How does she first appear to the reader in the narrative, and what are her origins as a fictitious creation? Why does Paul Berlin feel the need to add her to his war story? What purpose does she serve in his life? Analyze their final debate determine her function in Paul Berlin's delusion.
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