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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. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?
(a) Denial.
(b) Euphoria.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Depression.

2. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?
(a) The history of military psychology.
(b) The clinical definition of PTSD.
(c) The past history of each man.
(d) The effects of killing.

3. Which of the following is a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Weaponry possessed by commander.
(b) Intensity of demand to kill.
(c) Number of orders given.
(d) Personal relationship with commander.

4. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Athena.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Nyx.
(d) Harmonia.

5. What famous study is cited at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Yale "electroshock" study.
(b) The Stanford "prison" study.
(c) The Tuskegee Institute syphilis studies.
(d) Pavlov's dog experiments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?

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

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

4. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?

5. In Chapter 7, an anonymous soldier compares what horrific incident to masturbation?

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