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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 occurs as a result of exhaustion after the 60-day mark of continuous combat?
(a) Narcolepsy.
(b) Death.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Muscle atrophy.

2. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?
(a) Self-harm.
(b) Released prisoners-of-war.
(c) Learned German.
(d) Declined to fire their weapons.

3. Why does fight-or-flight not come into play in a battle situation?
(a) Soldiers are able to communicate verbally with each other.
(b) Battle is a collective exercise.
(c) Soldiers are on the same stratus of the food chain.
(d) Soldiers are armed with weapons.

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

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?
(a) To avoid court martial.
(b) To save face with others.
(c) To impress civilians.
(d) To scare would-be challengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?

3. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?

4. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?

5. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?

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