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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what event is Major Callicles asked to leave the base camp permanently?
(a) Harassing the soldiers
(b) Taking Drugs
(c) Burning down a brothel
(d) Drinking

2. Courage without wisdom is what, according to O'Brien's interpretation of Plato?
(a) Showing an inability to follow through
(b) A sign of weakness
(c) Not true courage
(d) Unwise

3. What does Major Callicles feel is infecting the US military?
(a) Prostitution
(b) Rebellion
(c) Conservatism
(d) Liberalism

4. In what do the Viet Cong hide the booby-trapped grenades?
(a) Leaves
(b) Trees
(c) Under thatched huts floors
(d) Tin cans

5. Which of the following terms does not accurately describe Captain Smith?
(a) Slovenly
(b) Careless
(c) Brave
(d) Inept

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Vietnamese scout want request leave?

2. What happens to Alpha Company as they are half way across the marsh?

3. Where does O'Brien go for R&R soon after he starts at LZ Gator?

4. What does Captain Johansen tell O'Brien he would rather be than anything else?

5. Which emotion term best describes how the scout feels after leaving the Captain and being refused leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Vietnamese scout feel about the soldiers for which he is scouting?

2. What surprised the soldiers about the way the female Viet Cong soldier died?

3. Why is the white first sergeant fragged?

4. What is the major difference between Captain Johansen and Mad Mark as O'Brien sees it?

5. Why does Major Callicles try to humiliate O'Brien?

6. Why doesn't Bates or O'Brien do anything about the old men being tied to the trees?

7. What does O'Brien say ruins a man's psyche?

8. How does O'Brien feel about himself?

9. What does Alpha Company do for protection at night?

10. What event does O'Brien tell Erik he witnessed recently in the letter he sends him?

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