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Quiz for Document 29–4: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces Ranger, ca. 1980

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why did Woodley say that he became an animal in Vietnam?

The deprivations of the jungle had turned him into an animal.

The living conditions in camp were so basic that he lived like an animal.

His anti-Communist zealotry had turned him into a ferocious soldier.

He had killed and mutilated many people, including prisoners of war.

2. How did Woodley’s upbringing impact his participation in the Vietnam War?

Woodley’s upbringing in a dangerous neighborhood prepared him for taking lives in Vietnam.

Woodley’s suburban childhood left him totally unprepared for the violence of Vietnam.

Woodley’s childhood battles gave him the confidence to become an elite soldier.

Woodley’s childhood friendships helped him unify a racially divided unit.

3. How did the Vietnam War impact Woodley once he returned home to the United States?

Woodley gave the war little thought after returning home.

Woodley was haunted by his war experience.

Woodley could not readjust and signed up for a second tour of duty in Vietnam.

Woodley became a peace activist after he returned home.