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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who urged Marlantes to attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend.
(a) His pastor.
(b) His employer.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

2. What did Marlantes buy Joseph Campbell when he wanted to talk to him?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Dinner.

3. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. In Chapter Four, where was the platoon that Marlantes was commanding holding a key bridge?
(a) Route 11.
(b) Route 4.
(c) Route 20.
(d) Route 9.

5. Who said, "I am by nature warlike"?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Avenarius.
(d) Eberhard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?

2. When did Marlantes attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend?

3. In 1968, how many men served in the Marine Air Group that flew in and took out the injured?

4. In Chapter Three, from what book did Marlantes include a quote by T. E. Lawrence?

5. How many years after Marlantes killed the young NVA soldier did he first feel any emotion about having killed during the war?

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