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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. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?
(a) Extra rations.
(b) Vitamin supplements.
(c) Field manuals.
(d) Boot camp prep.

2. In Chapter 7, an anonymous soldier compares what horrific incident to masturbation?
(a) The Battle of Shiloh.
(b) The Cultural Revolution.
(c) The Katyn massacre.
(d) The My Lai massacre.

3. In Chapter 4, what World War II battle does Grossman cite as an example of hunger deciding combat?
(a) Iwo Jima.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Midway.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the Vietnam vet assume is on the back of the picture in Grossman's story?
(a) A date.
(b) Blood.
(c) A goodbye message.
(d) An address.

5. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Harmonia.
(b) Athena.
(c) Nyx.
(d) Persephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, who is often given the cold shoulder in the military?

2. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?

3. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?

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

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

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