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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. What do the men of Alpha Company use to fight the constant fear?
(a) Prostitutes
(b) Drugs
(c) Humor
(d) Alcohol

2. What is the name of the lake which O'Brien likes to ride around?
(a) Nyasa
(b) Nasser
(c) Tanganyika
(d) Okabena

3. What does O'Brien experience for the first time in chapter nine?
(a) Gets lost in the jungle
(b) Bivouacked on a trail
(c) Ambush
(d) Killing his first man

4. Which type of mine would detonate under vehicles?
(a) Bouncing Betty
(b) Booby-trapped mortar rounds
(c) Soviet TMB
(d) M-14 anti-personnel mines

5. Which of the following does O'Brien use to describe the way Alpha company came out of the jungle?
(a) Carefully and quietly
(b) So silently that he missed their exit
(c) Like mad men
(d) As if they were being chased

Short Answer Questions

1. In which part of her body had she been shot?

2. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?

3. Which of the following characters believes it is wrong to tie the old men to trees?

4. Which of the following is not a synonym for spry?

5. When does O'Brien say that bitterness sets in for soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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