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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Killing and Atrocities: No Honor Here, No Virtue : Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, why is it easy for the wealthy to oppress the poor without feeling guilt?
(a) Theydo not consider the poor people.
(b) They do not see the effects of the oppression.
(c) The wealthy do not feel guilt.
(d) They think they are helping to motivate the poor to work.

2. Which of the following is not an animal that Grossman uses as an example of sexual dominating behavior at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Stag.
(b) Orca.
(c) Ram.
(d) Gorilla.

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, what do POW executions do to an enemy?
(a) Break their morale.
(b) Give them reason to murder your POW's
(c) Destroy their civilian support.
(d) Make them more aggressive.

4. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?
(a) Closer bonding.
(b) Identification with the enemy.
(c) Mass battle fatigue.
(d) Dissent.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?
(a) Russ Meyer pictures.
(b) Dead teenager slasher films.
(c) Girls-with-guns videos.
(d) Miami Vice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did the case-study of Chapter 4 take place?

2. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?

3. What is the unifying element that links all of the coping tactics in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 2, what civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?

5. In Chapter 4, what World War II battle does Grossman cite as an example of hunger deciding combat?

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