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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. What is Pavlo's punishment for supposedly masturbating instead of practicing drill?
(a) Reporting to Tower at 4am each morning.
(b) Cleaning the bathrooms for a month.
(c) Not getting breakfast for a week.
(d) Doing drill and going on a cross country hike.

2. Where does Ardell say he's from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) New York.
(d) Tennessee

3. What does Pierce urge Pavlo to do in response to the people tormenting him?
(a) To fight back.
(b) To make friends with them.
(c) To announce his problem in the barracks.
(d) To quit the army.

4. What is the occupation of the main character?
(a) An American soldier.
(b) A Jewish Rabbi.
(c) A ship hand.
(d) An American spy.

5. What is Ardell's reason for not believing what he's seeing in Pavlo's mind?
(a) Because it is so complicated.
(b) Because it is so strange.
(c) Because it doesn't make sense.
(d) Because it is so simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pierce and Pavlo are speaking in the furnace room, what does Ardell do to Pavlo as the other trainees are in formation?

2. What does Ardell do while helping Pavlo get dressed after his suicide attempt?

3. What is Pavlo's response to Ardell's comment about a radiation attack?

4. What kind of a game do Pierce, Hinkle, and Kress set up?

5. What does Ardell say to Pavlo in regards to the person Pavlo sees in the mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Kress's comment about Pierce fetching him a soda while getting Pavlo a medic?

2. What can the audience understand about Pavlo's mentality in Act 2, Part 4 when Pavlo shouts back to Ardell after being wounded that they can "hurt him as many times as they want?"

3. In what ways are the playwright's use of the "collage effect" of creation especially poignant in this act?

4. Explore the ways in which Pavlo is made to feel helpless in this act. Theorize on the writer's purpose for creating these moments.

5. Although Kress seems to be convinced that Pavlo is stupid, is this an accurate assumption? Why or why not?

6. Explain the possible complexities of symbolism behind Pavlo's wound in this play.

7. Explore the reasons why Pavlo might be desperate for a new identity.

8. How does Pavlo's egocentrism and immaturity play a part in misleading him from the identity he so strongly desires?

9. Identify two juxtaposed aspects to Pavlo's character, and explain how they affect his identity.

10. What might "Jody" in the final military song of Act 2, Part 5 represent or metaphorically speak to?

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