Which two sentences in this excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms" address the theme of soldiers being reluctant to talk about their experiences in war?If they had been reticent men it would have been different, but some of them were talkers and some were even boasters. They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore. This was considered heroic in them. It was thought that they had seen or done was so horrible that they didn't want to bring it back to haunt them or their listeners. But many of these men had no such consideration in any other field. Only recently have I found what seems to be a reasonable explanation, and the answer is simple. They did not and do not remember--and the worse the battle was, the less they remember.

What idea is discussed in both Tim O'Brien's "Ambush" and John Steinbeck's "Symptoms"?  A. the soldiers' inability to carry out their duties during the war B. the debilitating effect of soldiers' physical maladies C. the aftereffects of combat on soldiers during war D. the soldiers' hatred toward their enemies during a war

Read this excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms," which describes soldiers' horrific experiences in the war. How does the author increase the emotional power of his essay?This is how you feel after a few days of constant firing. Your skin feels thick and insensitive. There is a salty taste in your mouth. A hard, painful knot is in your stomach where the food is undigested. Your eyes do not pick up much detail and the sharp outlines of objects are slightly blurred. Everything looks a little unreal. When you walk, your feet hardly seem to touch the ground and there is a floaty feeling all over your body. Even the time sense seems to be changed. Men who are really moving at a normal pace seem to take forever to pass a given point. And when you move it seems to you that you are very much slowed down, although actually you are probably moving more quickly than you normally do.Steinbeck describes the physical effects of war, such as “thick and insensitive” skin and “salty taste” in the mouth. These graphic descriptions in the present tense attempt to show the gruesome reality of war to readers.Steinbeck describes the otherworldly feelings and strange hallucinations felt by the soldiers to highlight how most people have a difficult time comprehending war events.Steinbeck argues about the negative effect of war on soldiers, such as fatigue, mood swings, and post-traumatic stress disorders, to persuade his readers to be antiwar and support peace.Steinbeck uses the pronoun you while describing the horrific experiences of the soldiers. In this way, he makes the soldiers’ suffering more relatable to his audience.Steinbeck uses scientific evaluation to analyze the negative physical and psychological effects of combat warfare and bombing raids, such as blurred eyesight, hallucinations, and disrupted digestion.  A. 1 and 5 B. 2 and 3 C. 3 and 4 D. 1 and 4 E. 2 and 5

Which of the following quotes from “Soldier’s Home” communicates the tone of isolation?Group of answer choices"I've worried about you too much, Harold," his mother went on. "I know the temptations you must have been exposed to. I know how weak men are. I know what your own dear grandfather, my own father, told us about the Civil War and I have prayed for you. I pray for you all day long, Harold."He sat there on the porch reading a book on the war. It was a history and he was reading about all the engagements he had been in. It was the most interesting reading he had ever done. He wished there were more maps. He looked forward with a good feeling to reading all the really good histories when they would come out with good detail maps. Now he was really learning about the war. He had been a good soldier. That made a difference.He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live along without consequences. Besides he did not really need a girl. The army had taught him that. It was all right to pose as though you had to have a girl. Nearly everybody did that. But it wasn't true. You did not need a girl.Krebs acquired the nausea in regard to experience that is the result of untruth or exaggeration, and when he occasionally met another man who had really been a soldier and they talked a few minutes in the dressing room at a dance, he fell into the easy pose of the old soldier among other soldiers: that he had been badly, sickeningly frightened all the time. In this way he lost everything.

What important fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway?  A. It establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically. B. It shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions. C. It establishes the wounded soldiers’ determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover. D. It shows the wounded soldiers’ sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect. E. It shows the wounded soldiers’ belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals.

Which sentences in this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country" reflect the theme of the psychological alienation caused by war?We all had the same medals, except the boy with the black silk bandage across his face, and he had not been at the front long enough to get any medals. The tall boy with a very pale face who was to be a lawyer had been lieutenant of Arditi carefully selected volunteers specializing in dangerous campaigns and had three medals of the sort we each had only one of. He had lived a very long time with death and was a little detached. We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital. Although, as we walked to the Cova through the tough part of town, walking in the dark, with light and singing coming out of the wine-shops, and sometimes having to walk into the street when the men and women would crowd together on the sidewalk so that we would have had to jostle them to get by, we felt held together by there being something that had happened that they, the people who disliked us, did not understand.