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

2. In Chapter 2, what tactic does Grossman describe as key to training soldiers to fire in combat?
(a) Drilling.
(b) Education.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Encouragement.

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

4. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Lack of control.
(b) Lack of order.
(c) Proximity to death.
(d) Proximity to human maliciousness.

5. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?
(a) An official fiction.
(b) A conspiracy of silence.
(c) A secret under the rug.
(d) Everybody's sin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?

5. Which of the following is not a sign of psychological trauma discussed in Chapter 1?

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