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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people ended up fighting for a government that was murdering millions in concentration camps?
(a) Russians.
(b) Germans.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Serbs.

2. In 1968, what should have been the full strength of a rifle platoon?
(a) 43 Marines.
(b) 75 Marines.
(c) 60 Marines.
(d) 52 Marines.

3. What did Marlantes say was the Irish equivalent of the Iliad?
(a) Ulster Cycle.
(b) Tain Bo Cuailnge.
(c) Ulaid Cycle.
(d) Lyra Celtica.

4. How many years after the therapy-group experience, did Marlantes have dinner with Joseph Campbell?
(a) 7 years.
(b) About 8 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) About 5 years.

5. During the time of the storm that Marlantes' endured on his grandfather's fishing boat, which was described in Chapter 2, how much were fisherman paid per pound for Sockeye salmon?
(a) 51 cents.
(b) 22 cents.
(c) 33 cents.
(d) 48 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Zoomer injured?

2. How many cylinders might an engine have on a boat like the one Marlantes' grandfather owned?

3. In 1968 when Marlantes lead an undermanned platoon, what was the height of the cliff on the north side of their area?

4. How many people did Marlantes know were dead because of his behavior?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were soldiers regarded by the American people during World War II?

2. What did it take for Marlantes to realize that he had to quit fighting the shadows?

3. What was the recurring nightmare that Marlantes first had?

4. What did Marlantes say about his spiritual condition in 1968?

5. Why did Marlantes say that war is the antithesis of a fundamental rule of moral conduct?

6. What was a critical psychological issue about weapons technology?

7. Why did Marlantes believe that warriors needed to be spiritual people?

8. When was the first time that Marlantes felt any emotion about having killed?

9. What inattention to detail in 1968 made Marlantes feel guilty?

10. How was Marlantes' grandfather injured?

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