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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, an anonymous soldier compares what horrific incident to masturbation?
(a) The Cultural Revolution.
(b) The Battle of Shiloh.
(c) The My Lai massacre.
(d) The Katyn massacre.

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 4, an effective strategy in defeating an enemy's ability to make war is in destroying what?
(a) Their equipment.
(b) Their numbers.
(c) Their morale.
(d) Their infrastructure.

3. 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) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

4. In Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe natural warriors' attitudes toward less aggressive colleagues?
(a) Protective.
(b) Dismissive.
(c) Contemptuous.
(d) Wary.

5. In Chapter 2, what advice do German World War I vets give World War II recruits?
(a) Surrender to the Americans.
(b) Kill any Russian you encounter.
(c) Do not distinguish between civilian and enemy.
(d) Go AWOL near the Swiss border.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?

2. As described in Chapter 4, how did German soldiers surrender at the end of World War II?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?

4. What is the unifying element that links all of the coping tactics in Chapter 3?

5. In the World War II study cited in Chapter 1, how much would soldier firing decrease when leadership was not nearby?

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