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What is the first thing that happens when the new recruits arrive at boot camp?
They must run five miles.
Their heads are shaved.
"Full Metal Jacket" opens with a scene in which the newly-minted Marines have their heads shaved. This is our first look at the film's major characters as they solemnly watch their hair fall to the floor.
They are assigned to their bunks.
They are given nicknames.
At what base are the new recruits training?
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Fort Benning, Georgia
Parris Island, South Carolina
The recruits are assigned to Parris Island, a base in South Carolina. There they receive complete training, including physical fitness, weapons use and much more.
Camp Pendleton, California
After giving Leonard Lawrence the nickname Gomer Pyle, what does Gunnery Sergeant Hartman do when Pyle seems to be smiling?
Punches him in the stomach
Hits him with a rifle butt
Forces him to do push ups
Chokes him
In their first encounter, no one gets off to a worse start with Hartman than the newly-christened Pyle. When he seems to be smiling and can't stop, Hartman chokes him until he nearly passes out.
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When it's time to go to bed, what does Hartman order the recruits to do?
Sleep with their rifles
Hartman lectures the men about the importance of their rifles, ordering them to sleep with the weapons. He even demands that they give their rifles girls' names.
Sleep on the floor
Sleep on plywood boards
Stay up all night
Which of these things does Hartman not do in his efforts to humiliate Pyle?
Make him run with his pants down
Make him sleep naked
Hartman is tough on all the recruits, but Pyle is his favorite whipping boy. Over the course of training, he forces him to run with his pants down and suck his thumb. He also calls him fat, gay, and much more.
Make him suck his thumb
Call him fat
Who does Hartman put in charge of teaching Pyle?
Joker
The recruit Hartman names Joker emerges as one of the group's leaders and most promising Marines. Hartman assigns Pyle to the squad led by Joker, ordering him to take Pyle under his wing and help him improve.
Cowboy
Animal Mother
Snowball
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What forbidden item does Hartman find in Pyle's footlocker?
Doritos
A jelly donut
Pyle seems in deeper trouble than ever when Hartman finds a jelly donut in his footlocker. Rather than punishing Pyle, however, Hartman adopts a new tactic. Every time Pyle makes a mistake, the entire platoon will be punished, but Pyle will not.
Pizza
Cigarettes
With what do the other recruits beat Pyle as he lies in his bunk?
Soap wrapped in towels
The recruits are not too happy when Hartman begins punishing them for Pyle's mistakes. In retaliation, they attack him during the night and pummel him with bars of soap wrapped in towels.
Their fists
The butts of their guns
Brass knuckles
What does Hartman tell the Marines they do for a living?
Defend freedom
Wage war
Fight for America
Kill
Hartman's job is to toughen up his recruits and he takes it seriously. Among his goals is to make them war-tough, including indoctrinating them in the idea that their job is killing.
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To whom do the recruits sing Happy Birthday?
Joker
Jesus
Hartman insists that his troops be God-fearing Christians, so when Christmas comes, he takes it a step further by having them sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
Hartman
Pyle
What is the first sign that Pyle is having mental issues?
He talks to his rifle.
Pyle suddenly makes a significant turn-around and becomes almost a model Marine, but all is not well. Joker begins to get concerned when he sees Pyle talking to his rifle and starts to keep a closer eye on him.
He can't figure out how to put on his uniform.
He forgets the words to the Marine Hymn.
He begins laughing when Hartman talks.
To what specialty is Joker assigned at the end of the training period?
Infantry
Medical corps
Journalism
While most of the recruits, including Cowboy and Pyle, are assigned to infantry units, Joker is going a different route. He is assigned to Basic Military Journalism, where he will serve as a writer covering the war and other issues for military communications.
Intelligence
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On their last night before undertaking their assignments, Joker is awakened by a loud noise. Where does he find Pyle?
In the bathroom
Joker finds Pyle in the bathroom and his mental breakdown has escalated. Pyle is loading his rifle with live ammunition and talking erratically, eventually awakening the entire platoon.
On top of a watch tower
Standing over Hartman's bed
In the mess hall
Who does Pyle kill before turning his rifle on himself?
Joker
Cowboy
Hartman
When Hartman confronts Pyle and demands that he turn over his rifle, Pyle shoots him dead. To Joker's horror, he then puts the end of the rifle into his mouth and shoots himself.
Snowball
Which of these names does Hartman not call the recruits during the course of their basic training?
Maggots
Ladies
Cockroaches
Hartman spares no mercy when hurling insults at the men he is charged with training. Maggots, dumbasses, ladies, scumbags . . . if there's a way to insult them, he'll find it.
Scumbags
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What is Rafterman's job?
Writer
Photographer
When Joker begins working with his journalism unit, he meets fellow journalist Rafterman, who is a photographer. The two are often paired together on assignments.
Editor
Publisher
What is the name of the military newspaper for which Joker and Rafterman work?
Stars and Bars
Marines Daily
Stars and Stripes
In real life, as in the movie, Stars and Stripes is the military's newspaper. It reports on all matters concerning the United States Armed Forces, including reports from the field, such as those Joker and Rafterman file.
Rank and File
Rafterman is assigned to cover the visit to Vietnam of a female American star. Who is it?
Ann-Margret
Although he is a trained combat photographer, Rafterman's editor gives him the assignment of meeting Ann-Margret when she arrives, and following her throughout her visit. Not a bad gig!
Mary Tyler Moore
Farrah Fawcett
Cher
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What is the thousand-yard stare?
The ability to see a very long distance
A look indicating you've seen serious combat
As Joker talks with his fellow Marines in their barracks, Rafterman says he wants to go into combat and Joker indicates that he has already seen combat and wants to go back. Others doubt him, saying he lacks the thousand-yard stare, a look soldiers develop after they've seen the real horrors of war.
A football metaphor
A look soldiers give women they want to sleep with
As Joker, Rafterman and the others are lying around in their bunks, what battle breaks out?
Hamburger Hill
Tet Offensive
During an editorial meeting earlier, there had been a ​discussion about whether the North Vietnamese would break the ceasefire then taking place during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year holiday. Those with more experience doubted it would happen but an attack ensues that turns out to be the beginning of the massive Tet Offensive.
Khe Sahn
Easter Offensive
What non-approved item does Joker wear on his uniform?
Fake captain's bars
A Nixon campaign button
A peace symbol
Although he is a Marine in the middle of a war zone, Joker wears a peace sign on his uniform lapel. In sharp contrast, he has also written "Born to Kill" on his helmet.
A Hell's Angels emblem
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During their helicopter ride into Hue, Rafterman and Joker ride with a doorgunner. What does he do during the trip?
Guns down civilians
During a bumpy helicopter trip to Hue that has Rafterman feeling queasy, the chopper's doorgunner gleefully shoots people on the ground below. Rather than aiming specifically for enemy soldiers, he fires indiscriminately at men, women and children who are fleeing.
Targets enemy troops
Talks about his childhood
Uses Rafterman's camera to take photos
Arriving in Hue, Joker meets Cowboy's platoon commander, whose nickname is Touchdown. For what school did he play football?
USC
Penn State
Florida State
Notre Dame
When Joker and Rafterman arrive in Hue, they approach a Marine named Schinoski and ask him to help them find the unit of Joker's old friend,​ Cowboy. It turns out that Schinoski is Cowboy's platoon commander, but he goes by the nickname of Touchdown, having played football at Notre Dame. This delights Joker.
At Hue, Joker and others are interviewed by a film crew. When they ask Joker why he is in Vietnam, what is his response?
To kill as many Vietcong as possible
To meet exotic people and kill them
While others give more serious answers, Joker lives up to his nickname in his interview. He tells the interviewer that he came to Vietnam to meet exotic people and then kill them.
To serve his country proudly
To experience Asia
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Who is the first of the main characters killed in the battle at Hue?
Touchdown
The battle is a bloody one with many casualties, including several from Cowboy's squad. The first of the familiar characters to be gunned down is squadron commander, Touchdown.
Cowboy
Joker
Animal Mother
What is the name of Cowboy's squad?
Warthog Squad
Lusthog Squad
Like creating nicknames for individual soldiers, units also go by special designations they develop for themselves. Cowboy's group calls itself the Lusthog Squad.
Hogbreath Squad
Hogwarts Squad
After Cowboy takes charge of the squadron, why do they change direction?
They are commanded to go to a different area.
Cowboy disagrees with his orders and disobeys them.
They are lost.
Things start to go awry when Eightball consults his map and tells Cowboy that apparently they took a wrong turn at the last checkpoint and are not where they are supposed to be. As Eightball tries to scout the area, he is wounded by a sniper.
They are driven back by the Vietcong.
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Two people disobey Cowboy's orders and try to save Eightball. Who are they?
Joker and Animal Mother
Doc Jay and Animal Mother
As Eightball lies wounded in the middle of a compound, Doc Jay runs out to try to save him. After he is shot as well, Animal Mother disobeys Cowboy's orders and also goes out. He is the only one to survive.
Doc Jay and Joker
Joker and Rafterman
Where is the sniper hiding?
Behind a low stone wall
Under a truck
In the window of a burning building
There is a great deal of rubble at the scene, so it is impossible to tell where the sniper fire is coming from, making the situation extra dangerous for the troops. However, the audience knows that the gunfire is coming from an upper story of a burned out building that is still in flames.
Behind a tank
Who finds the sniper?
Joker
Although he is less experienced in combat, Joker discovers the sniper, a teenage girl. He tries to shoot her but his rifle jams.
Cowboy
Animal Mother
Rafterman
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How do the troops manage to get close to the building where the sniper is hiding?
They use enemy soldiers as human shields.
They hold the sniper off with a barrage of gunfire.
They use a smoke shield.
In order to get to the building, the troops must go into some open areas where they are easy targets. By setting off a series of smoke bombs, they are able to work their way to the entrance.
They go around to the back of the building.
Who initially shoots the sniper?
Cowboy
Rafterman
All the Marines have been well trained in combat, but Rafterman and Joker have been assigned to different roles. That makes it ironic that Rafterman, the photographer, is the first one who is able to shoot the sniper and wound her.
Animal Mother
Joker
After she is gravely wounded, what does the sniper request?
She wants them to kill her.
The young girl tries to tell the men something in Vietnamese, but it takes them some time to understand that she is asking to be killed. While some are in favor of leaving her to die an agonizing death, Animal Mother, who is now in charge of the squadron, tells Joker to kill her. He hesitates for some time, but finally does it, thus developing the thousand-yard stare.
She wants them to get a message to her family.
She wants them to spare her life.
She wants them to find her brother.
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What song do the troops sing as they leave the area and head to their camp?
When the Saints Come Marching In
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Mickey Mouse Song
After the rigors of a battle in which numerous lives were lost and others were changed forever, the squadron finally marches toward camp. The song they sing? The Mickey Mouse Song.
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, It's Off to Work We Go
Which of the following songs is not featured in the film?
Wooly Bully
Louie Louie
"Full Metal Jacket" includes a number of familiar songs, including Wooly Bully, These Boots Are Made for Walking, Chapel of Love, Surfin' Bird, and Paint It Black. Not included is Louie Louie.
Chapel of Love
These Boots Are Made for Walking
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