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Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the incident where body count was exaggerated in Chapter Six, what millimeter high explosives were dropped?
(a) 205.
(b) 175.
(c) 105.
(d) 155.

2. In Chapter Eight, the second time that Marlantes charged up a hill, what hit him?
(a) Land mine.
(b) Stray shot.
(c) Mortar shell.
(d) Grenade.

3. Which Kipling's poem did Marlantes say was not about gratitude, but attitude?
(a) Anchor Song.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Boots.
(d) Cold Iron.

4. In the bush, what was usually the oldest age of the officers?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 23.

5. How many Spartans died defending Thermopylae?
(a) 58.
(b) 250.
(c) 142.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carl Jung call "the gook inside"?

2. Where did Marlantes' great-grandmother live?

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

4. What did Marlantes say was the Irish equivalent of the Iliad?

5. What injured Philoctetes when he was on his way to war?

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