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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, Grossman says what has made killing easier for soldiers?
(a) A violent media.
(b) A new enemy.
(c) Technology.
(d) Training.

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 5, what component separates a natural warrior from a psychopath?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Control.

3. Which of the following is not an animal that Grossman uses as an example of sexual dominating behavior at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Ram.
(b) Stag.
(c) Orca.
(d) Gorilla.

4. What percentage of the population qualifies as a natural warrior?
(a) About 2 percent.
(b) About 10 percent.
(c) About 6 percent.
(d) About 25 percent.

5. In World War II, only 15-20 percent of riflemen made it past which stage of killing?
(a) Killing Stage.
(b) Acceptance Stage.
(c) Concern Stage.
(d) Remorse Stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, the story of the soldier who kills a young enemy and immediately breaks down crying takes place in what country?

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

3. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?

4. In Chapter 5, to what group did the German defector interviewed switch?

5. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?

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