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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 fear did Saddam Hussein seize upon to hold on to power, as discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) Iranian influx.
(b) A Shiite backlash.
(c) A Kurdish secession.
(d) A US invasion.

2. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?
(a) 0.
(b) 13.
(c) 2.
(d) 25.

3. In what country did the case-study of Chapter 4 take place?
(a) Philippines.
(b) Congo.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Rwanda.

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

5. Which of the following is not a contributing factor in determining whether a group easily unites in combat killing?
(a) The proximity of members in the group.
(b) The psychological bond among members of the group.
(c) The mean age of the group.
(d) The size of the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Grossman cites a study which says vets are most likely to fire when?

2. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, what do POW executions do to an enemy?

4. According to Chapter 4, warfare is the process of giving individuals the means for what?

5. At the end of Chapter 5, Grossman says that a soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity represents what?

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