Student Name: *Student ID: *1.In the second paragraph, calling the helicopter “the dustoff” is an example ofpersonificationsymbolismcatharsismetonymyfalling action2.Rat Kiley’s interaction with the baby water buffalo is marked by bothtenderness and sadismindifference and crueltyuncertainty and savagerybrutality and disdainbarbarity and self-righteousness3.The most disturbing and deliberate non-sequitur in the passage is the short sentence“Rat shrugged.”“Curt Lemon was dead.”“He shot off the tail.”“Rat went to automatic.”“Rat Kiley was crying.”4.[Choose the most complete answer.] The other soldiers’ attitude toward Rat Kiley’s action is characterized bytacit disapprovalindifference to the animal’s suffering but concern for human welfarecontemplationindifference to the animal’s suffering but concern for human welfare and contemplationtacit disapproval, indifference to the animal’s suffering but concern for human welfare, and contemplation5.The phrases “‘Garden of Evil’” and “the rocket’s red glare” are bothaphorismsincongruitiesoxymoronsallusionsunderstatements6.From the sentence “How do you generalize?” through the end of the passage, the author’s underlying opinion is that the nature of war ishorrificelusiveenigmaticconfusingparadoxical7.[Choose the most complete answer.] In the final paragraph, the author implies that the eye is flawed in itspropensity to accept appearance as realitydetachment from consciencelust for violencepropensity to accept appearance as reality and detachment from consciencepropensity to accept appearance as reality, detachment from conscience, and lust for violence8.[Choose the most complete answer.] Eddie Diamond’s explanation that the sound coming from the Greenies’ hootch is “‘Somebody’s radio’” reflectshis solicitude for Fossiehis wariness of the Greenieshis revulsion of the Greenies’ macabre trophieshis solicitude for Fossie and his wariness of the Greenieshis solicitude for Fossie, his wariness of the Greenies, and his revulsion of the Greenies’ macabre trophies9.The description of the hootch’s window is imagistically connected with Mary Anne’ssingingclothesjewelryencompasssing gesturemonologue10.Given the description of the hootch’s interior in the paragraph that begins “Across the room,” it could most accurately be renamed thelairjunglemonkey-housemad-housealms-house11.The phrase “the stink of the kill” is an example ofanaphoraanapestassonanceapostropheallusion12.According to Rat, Mary Anne’s transformation makes her appearcomposed and conventionalaffectless and bizarreardent and monstrousfervent and incongruousemotionless and ridiculous13.In the paragraph that begins “She moved her hand,” the word “mean” is best understood to meanpettymercenaryformidablepoorparsimonious14.[Choose the most complete answer.] In the passage as a whole, inarticulate expression is used byFossieMary AnneFossie and Mary AnneMary Anne and the GreeniesFossie, Mary Anne, and the Greenies15.Considering the passage as a whole, Rat’s final comment that Mary Anne has “‘gone already’” implies that she hasfallen out of love with Fossie and in love with one of the Greeniesescaped from the hootch and into the junglecrossed a psychological point of no returngone native and joined the Viet Congbecome confused16.The monks’ attitude toward the Americans is characterized by all the following EXCEPTdeferenceamusementobediencenonchalancehospitality17.In the course of the passage, the only word without religious significance ispagodashrinerobefeatherscanteen18.[Choose the most complete answer.] In the context of the passage, the actions that take on a ritualistic dimension includeeating watermeloncleaning the machine gunhanding out peaches and chocolatecleaning the machine gun and handing out peaches and chocolateeating watermelon, cleaning the machine gun, and handing out peaches and chocolate19.Henry Dobbins’s comment that he “‘still hate[s] church’” is an example ofinversionmoodverbal ironydramatic ironyirony of situation20.A repeated paradox in the passage is the possibility ofcommunication without soundreligion without Godwar without violencepeace without tranquilityauthority without power21.In the context of the passage as a whole, Henry Dobbins’s most profound misunderstanding isKiowa’s religious beliefsthe purpose of the pagodahis own spiritual qualitythe monks’ code of behaviorthe Vietnamese language22.From Henry Dobbins’s final gesture the reader can judge that he has become a kind ofdesertermonkofficerViet Cong sympathizerguerilla
