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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Numbness and Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion did Marlantes feel about the killing he did so many years ago?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Anger.
(c) Grief.
(d) Sadness.

2. After Marlantes had been in Vietnam about a year and was assigned to be an air observer, how many feet off the ground did the observation plane fly?
(a) 500.
(b) 350.
(c) About a thousand.
(d) Only a couple hundred.

3. How far was the bridge referenced in question 59 from Marlantes' company's position?
(a) 5 kilometers.
(b) 22 kilometers.
(c) 38 kilometers.
(d) 12 kilometers.

4. How many years after Marlantes killed the young NVA soldier did he first feel any emotion about having killed during the war?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. Where did Marlantes go when he first felt emotion about the killing he had done during the war?
(a) Church.
(b) The woods.
(c) His room.
(d) A meadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, how old was Marlantes' when he endured a storm on his grandfather's fishing boat?

2. How many shots did Marlantes fire at the NVA soldier referenced in #21 above?

3. How long was Marlantes' grandfather's fishing boat?

4. In Chapter Four, where was the platoon that Marlantes was commanding holding a key bridge?

5. How many years after the therapy-group experience, did Marlantes have dinner with Joseph Campbell?

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