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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 3, Emotional Distance:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?
(a) They removed them completely.
(b) They used them as hand weapons.
(c) They attached them upside down.
(d) They used the blunt end of them.

2. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Interconnectedness.
(c) Savagery.
(d) Humanity.

3. In the Crimean War anecdote in Chapter 1, what do the soldiers do when confronted with an enemy at ten paces?
(a) They surrender.
(b) They bayonet them.
(c) They shake hands.
(d) They throw rocks.

4. In the story at the beginning of Chapter 3, what percentage of soldiers questioned said they were certain they had killed even one enemy in combat?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why would racially and ethnically dominant rhetoric by American leaders have been unhelpful in the Iraq War?
(a) Our military is multi-racial.
(b) We have a history of domestic racial oppression.
(c) We have not official language or religion.
(d) Our enemies and allies were the same race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?

2. During World War I, what was the favored weapon of American servicemen for killing enemy combatants?

3. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?

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

5. In Chapter 4, the story of the soldier who kills a young enemy and immediately breaks down crying takes place in what country?

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