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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 conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?
(a) They used the blunt end of them.
(b) They used them as hand weapons.
(c) They removed them completely.
(d) They attached them upside down.

2. Which of the following is not a stage of Stockholm Syndrome?
(a) Hostage-taker identyifies with the victim.
(b) Hostage-taker feels antipathy to the victim.
(c) Victim feels antipathy to the authorities.
(d) Victim identifies with the hostage-take.

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

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

5. 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) Gorilla.
(b) Stag.
(c) Ram.
(d) Orca.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?

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

3. Which of the following is not an option for a soldier in combat that Grossman lists in Chapter 1?

4. To what does John Foster compare combat in Chapter 1?

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

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