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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?

2. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?

4. Which of the following is not an option for a soldier in combat that Grossman lists in Chapter 1?

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?

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