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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. In Chapter 5, what is another profession Grossman mentions that natural warriors often enter besides the military?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Construction.
(c) Law enforcement.
(d) Professional sports.

2. What was the first crew-served weapon?
(a) The submarine.
(b) The artillery gun.
(c) The chariot.
(d) The phalanx.

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

4. In the Vet of the Year anecdote in Chapter 3, who did Dave use as an example of someone who did not kill but was still blamed?
(a) A medic.
(b) An ammo truck driver.
(c) A helicopter repairman.
(d) A military reporter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, to what group did the German defector interviewed switch?

2. What does Grossman credit with reducing the number of homicides in America in Chapter 1?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 5, Grossman calls a soldier's choice to participate in an atrocity a what?

4. What mistaken impression did the ex-CIA officer whose story appears at the end of Chapter 1 have about his prisoner?

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

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