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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. Which of the following theorists presents evidence concerning proximity of authority and peer groups?
(a) Milgram.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Swank.
(d) Shalit.

2. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?
(a) Identification with the enemy.
(b) Dissent.
(c) Mass battle fatigue.
(d) Closer bonding.

3. Which of the following is a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Number of orders given.
(b) Intensity of demand to kill.
(c) Weaponry possessed by commander.
(d) Personal relationship with commander.

4. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 1, what is not widely known about CW Whittlesley, the commander of the Lost Battalion?
(a) He was a pacifist.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He was not among the trapped battalion.
(d) He was relieved of duty shortly after the incident.

5. How many days can a soldier remain in combat before psychological trauma begins to manifest itself?
(a) 200.
(b) 10.
(c) 60.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what advice do German World War I vets give World War II recruits?

2. In the final story of Chapter 4, the one in which an American and Viet Cong soldier happen upon each other, who is killed?

3. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?

4. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?

5. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 2, what is the most effective treatment for psychiatric casualties?

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