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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 5, What are We Doing to Our Children?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grossman credit with reducing the number of homicides in America in Chapter 1?
(a) Gun control laws.
(b) Better medical technology.
(c) Improved economic conditions.
(d) Community outreach.

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

3. Which of the following is not a symptom of PTSD?
(a) Difficulty maintaining relationships.
(b) Intrusive dreams.
(c) Bouts of vertigo.
(d) Social withdrawal.

4. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?
(a) When the trauma was caused by a person.
(b) When it happens in peacetime.
(c) When the victim was severely injured.
(d) When it happens in wartime.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why would racially and ethnically dominant rhetoric by American leaders have been unhelpful in the Iraq War?
(a) We have a history of domestic racial oppression.
(b) We have not official language or religion.
(c) Our enemies and allies were the same race.
(d) Our military is multi-racial.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?

2. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?

3. In Chapter 5, what is another profession Grossman mentions that natural warriors often enter besides the military?

4. Which of the following is not a psychological process for enabling killing as set out in Chapter 1?

5. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

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