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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 does O'Brien hide behind?
(a) His tent
(b) Other men from the company
(c) Beer kegs
(d) Ammunition storage

2. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?
(a) Mines
(b) Barbed water
(c) Artillery rounds
(d) Flags

3. What does the man offer to the soldiers?
(a) Water
(b) A place to sleep
(c) Milk
(d) Food

4. Which of the following terms best describes how O'Brien feels during basic training?
(a) Lonely
(b) Happy
(c) Supported
(d) Fierce

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paralyzing as used in the following sentence? They fight paralyzing fear with each step they take.
(a) Deprive somebody of voluntary movement
(b) Bring to a standstill
(c) Make somebody temporarily unable to move
(d) Inability to move and think

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do some of the soldiers give to the dying female Viet Cong soldier?

3. What famous mountain was in the state and near where O'Brien completed his basic training?

4. What is the goal of the soldiers in relation to the insurgents?

5. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?

(see the answer key)

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