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

2. In terms of effective leadership, what disadvantage do mercenaries and gang leaders have?
(a) They traditionally do not work their way through the ranks.
(b) They are asking their men to commit illegal acts.
(c) Their men traditionally try to unseat them.
(d) They do not have formal education or training.

3. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?
(a) Psychiatric casualties would be fewer than with soldiers.
(b) Psychiatric casualties would be nonexistent.
(c) Psychiatric casualties would be equal to those with soldiers.
(d) Psychiatric casualties would be worse than with soldiers.

4. As described in Chapter 4, how did German soldiers surrender at the end of World War II?
(a) Burning their uniforms.
(b) Bowing to American tanks.
(c) Singing the Star Spangled Banner.
(d) Holding out family pictures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what tactic does Grossman describe as key to training soldiers to fire in combat?

2. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?

3. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?

4. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

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