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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Dulce et Decorum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does O'Brien execute his plan to desert infantry training?
(a) Christmas break
(b) Thanksgiving break
(c) Summer break
(d) Spring break

2. Who warned Alpha Company of an incoming explosive ordinance?
(a) O'Brien
(b) Enemy
(c) A Lieutenant
(d) No one

3. What does it mean to get wasted to the members of Alpha Company?
(a) Drunk
(b) Die
(c) Spend time with a prostitute
(d) High from drugs

4. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?
(a) Ambivalent
(b) Reassured
(c) Fearful
(d) Stupefied

5. What do the soldiers decide to do when they discover a tunnel in a village rather than sending a soldier down?
(a) Throw grenades into the tunnel
(b) Ignore it and move on to another village
(c) Shoot their guns into the tunnel
(d) Send a villager into the tunnel

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of mine scares the soldiers the most?

2. Which of the following was not an accurate description, according to O'Brien, of the men who make up Alpha company?

3. To what does O'Brien liken Johansen's leaving Alpha Company?

4. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?

5. What practice seems to afford the soldiers some protection from nighttime Viet Cong attacks?

(see the answer key)

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