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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 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 psychopaths or sociopaths.
(d) They are often highly-educated.

2. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Herodotus.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

3. In the study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?
(a) Rotten food.
(b) Electric shocks.
(c) Extreme cold.
(d) Loud noises.

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

5. In what war did Lord Moran fight?
(a) The Rhodesian Wars.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Falklands War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does fight-or-flight not come into play in a battle situation?

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

4. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?

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

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