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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 say he did when he read the letter?
(a) Goes to church to pray.
(b) Apologizes in another letter.
(c) Lost his temper.
(d) Goes to a bar.

2. In the furnace room, what does Kress say to Parker about Pavlo?
(a) That Pavlo is stupid.
(b) That PAvlo doesn't have a family.
(c) That Pavlo will be honored.
(d) That Pavlo is a girl.

3. What does the Corporal say it is easy to do in Vietnam?
(a) Get laid.
(b) Find a wife.
(c) Buy a new weapon.
(d) Get a trip to Cambodia.

4. What is Pierce doing when Pavlo first meets him?
(a) Doing push-ups.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Studying.
(d) Jogging.

5. What is the second question to Pavlo from Ardell?
(a) Does he know who did it.
(b) If he enjoys killing.
(c) If he will go home.
(d) If he knows what happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pavlo do when Tower tells him not to ask questions like his first?

2. What is jokingly mentioned at the fact that Pavlo is still in bed while the soldiers are playing a game?

3. After Pavlo is finally redressed, what does Ardell comment upon as the trainees leave the barrack?

4. Who does Pavlo says writes to him concerning Joanna?

5. After Pavlo is dressed after his suicide attempt, what does Ardell say that everyone is going to say about Pavlo?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In this scene, Pavlo seems unable to do anything for himself and is guided by the other characters' help to get dressed and go through the motions of what he is "supposed" to do. What similarities can be found between this external dressing of Pavlo and running thematic points throughout the play in general?

3. 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.

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

5. Pavlo seems to respond to events in many different ways. Explain how his response to Pierce, when Pierce urges him to fight back, can be viewed as a highly perceptive and telling one for the audience about Pavlo's life views.

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

7. What character traits can be seen from Pavlo as he struggles throughout this play thus far, in his attempt to become a good soldier. Provide evidence/examples.

8. Compare and explain the relationship of Pavlo's enthusiasm for killing and what happens to Parham in Act 2, Part 4.

9. What dramatic changes occur to Pavlo and his mentality in Act 2, Part 4?

10. What noteworthy aspect to Pavlo is hinted at in his story about Joanna, and what does it reveal to the audience about a possibly consistent trait of his character and experience?

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