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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. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?
(a) Generals.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Contractors.
(d) Petty officers.

2. What term arose in the early 1990's to describe the new fighting techniques seen in the Gulf War?
(a) Telegraph war.
(b) Mail-order war.
(c) Calling-card war.
(d) Nintendo war.

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

4. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) Combatant.
(b) Civilian.
(c) Correspondant.
(d) POW.

5. Which of the following is not a stage of Stockholm Syndrome?
(a) Hostage-taker identyifies with the victim.
(b) Victim feels antipathy to the authorities.
(c) Hostage-taker feels antipathy to the victim.
(d) Victim identifies with the hostage-take.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, what do POW executions do to an enemy?

2. What occurs as a result of exhaustion after the 60-day mark of continuous combat?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?

5. What stigma constitutes a gray atrocity?

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