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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 5, The Wind of Hate | Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 6, The Well of Fortitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of casualties did cannon fire comprise in many Civil War battles?
(a) 4.
(b) 23.
(c) 10.
(d) 50.

2. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?
(a) Killing is deliverance into heaven.
(b) All men are of the same Spirit.
(c) Every man chooses his own death.
(d) Soldiers must kill or be killed.

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?
(a) Military conditioning practices.
(b) New weapons technology.
(c) Less close-raange combat.
(d) The end of the draft.

4. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?
(a) The Andersonville Prison.
(b) The Cambodian Killing Fields.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) The Hanoi HIlton.

5. What does the small percentage of individuals that can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage have in common?
(a) They are often insomniacs.
(b) They often commit suicide after regular combat ends.
(c) They are often highly-educated.
(d) They are often psychopaths or sociopaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?

2. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?

3. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?

4. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 2, what is the most effective treatment for psychiatric casualties?

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

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