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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. How far was the bridge referenced in question 59 from Marlantes' company's position?
(a) 12 kilometers.
(b) 38 kilometers.
(c) 5 kilometers.
(d) 22 kilometers.

2. From how far at sea could Tomahawk missiles be fired?
(a) 500 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 400 miles.
(d) 75 miles.

3. Who was Marlantes philosophy tutor at Oxford?
(a) William Brighton.
(b) Charlie Williams.
(c) Andrew Davies.
(d) John Mackie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did the "Mahabharata" come from?

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

3. Who urged Marlantes to attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend.

4. What was Joseph Campbell's ethnic background?

5. Where was Zoomer injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotions did Marlantes feel when he had to kill?

2. Describe Zoomer's injuries.

3. When Zoomer was struggling to breathe, what incident did Marlantes remember from his youth?

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

5. How was Marlantes' grandfather injured?

6. What type of atrocities did Jane Goodall witness?

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

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

9. Why was the 1970s therapy group that Marlantes attended a damaging experience?

10. Whose death did Marlantes particularly remember?

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