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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, The Killing Response Stages: What Does It Feel Like to Kill? : Chapter 2, Applications of the Model: Murder-Suicides, Lost Elections and Thoughts of Insanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what reason does Grossman give for the cultural separation between officers and enlisted men in the military?
(a) A means for instilling fear in the enlisted men.
(b) A means of maintaining a socioeconomic status quo.
(c) Allowing officers the separation to send men on dangerous missions.
(d) A way to encourage enlisted men to strive and advance.

2. In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide?
(a) Rwanda.
(b) East Timor.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Phillipines.

3. In Chapter 2, Grossman says the discussion of the killing process is most effective with which people?
(a) School children.
(b) War vets.
(c) Criminal psychologists.
(d) Convicted murderers.

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, which type of combatants are more prone than most to a powerful exhilaration stage?
(a) Marines.
(b) Navy seals.
(c) Fighter pilots.
(d) New grunts.

5. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Jane Fonda.
(c) Gloria Steinem.
(d) Susan Sarandon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?

2. In Chapter 5, what is another profession Grossman mentions that natural warriors often enter besides the military?

3. In what war did Lord Moran fight?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?

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