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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Relating to Mars.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a night of drinking and drugs, what bridge would Marlantes watch undulate like a sine wave?
(a) Arlington Memorial.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Key.
(d) Chesapeake Bay.

2. Later in Marlantes' military tour, after he'd been wounded twice, how many men were Marlantes' and his pilot supposed to rescue?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter Seven, what were an executive officer and a platoon commander bargaining over?
(a) Bottle of juice.
(b) Can of peaches.
(c) Beef jerky.
(d) Cheese.

4. Where did Marlantes visit his friends Albert and Hilde and their four children?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Luxembourg.
(d) Germany.

5. Where did President Johnson give a speech in September 1967?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the skipper of Marlantes' unit go to college?

2. What was the name of Marlantes' friend from his secret society at Yale who helped him adjust to coming home?

3. In Greek and Roman mythology, what was a metaphor for consciousness?

4. Where did the world community help end apartheid by using pressure other than military force?

5. In Chapter Four, how did Marlantes get to the bridge that his platoon was holding?

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