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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Club.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Marlantes join the Marine Corps?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1964.

2. What was the name of Marlantes' friend from his secret society at Yale who helped him adjust to coming home?
(a) Wyatt.
(b) Jones.
(c) Smith.
(d) Biggs.

3. What was the name of the Spartan commander who died defending Thermopylae?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Leonidas.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Endymion.

4. What injured Philoctetes when he was on his way to war?
(a) Snake.
(b) Lion.
(c) Saber.
(d) Arrow.

5. In Chapter Eight when Marlantes and his company started running into booby traps, how often did they change out the point men?
(a) Every 15 minutes.
(b) Every 10 minutes.
(c) Every 5 minutes.
(d) Every 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The True Believer."

2. For how many decades did Marlantes have flashbacks from the war that affected him emotionally?

3. When Marlantes' helicopter landed in Chapter Eight, how far where they from the DMZ?

4. In the incident where body count was exaggerated in Chapter Six, what millimeter high explosives were dropped?

5. Who said, "I am by nature warlike"?

(see the answer key)

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