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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 does Pavlo shout out at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) That he should just "move and do."
(b) That he is "Pavlo Motherhumping Hummel."
(c) That he is "finished."
(d) That he "can't see anything."

2. What does Ardell first ask Pavlo?
(a) If he has killed.
(b) His age.
(c) If he knows what happened.
(d) Where he thinks he's going.

3. What is Pavlo's first question to Ardell after he is attacked in the barracks?
(a) What was going to happen next.
(b) Who was it thhat beat him up.
(c) Where he was supposed to go.
(d) Why he was attacked.

4. After Pavlo is finally redressed, what does Ardell comment upon as the trainees leave the barrack?
(a) How ridiculous the situation is.
(b) What Pavlo's mother would say.
(c) How good Pavlo looks.
(d) How stupid Pavlo is.

5. What does Pierce first drunkenly say to Pavlo?
(a) That it's no fun being squad leader.
(b) That it's strange to be squad leader.
(c) That it's confusing being squad leader.
(d) That it's a riot being squad leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pavlo do after weapons drill that nobody else does?

2. Where do the Corporal and Pavlo meet for the first time?

3. What is the story about that Pavlo tells Pierce in the furnace room?

4. What is Ardell's reason for not believing what he's seeing in Pavlo's mind?

5. What is happening in the barracks when Ardell first appears to find Pavlo near death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is this scene, as well as Ardell's character, a seminaly metaphoric catalyst, displaying Pavlo's transformations and inner desires?

2. How does the playwright use both the inconsistent plot-line and paradoxical aspects of Pavlo's character traits to create an introduction that makes the audience want to watch more?

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

4. How does the scene in which Pavlo grabs the grenade display yet another ironic moment in his seemingly life-long struggle for identity? What character trait seems to remain intact to the very end of his life, possibly leading to his ultimate demise?

5. What could be surmised about Pavlo's thoughts from his comments to Miller about wanting to be on the front lines in Act 3, Part 2?

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

7. Theorize about what Yen might represent to Pavlo beyond the opportunity for sex.

8. Why is Pavlo's unnecessary killing of the elderly Vietnamese man included in Act 2, Part 4? Extrapolate the significance of including this moment in this scene.

9. In the final section, Act 2, Part 5, in what ways does the playwright employ an anti-war message?

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

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