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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 4, The Limits of Human Endurance and the Lessons of Vietnam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common feature of natural warriors presented in Chapter 5?
(a) They have no religious affiliation.
(b) They join the military before the age of 25.
(c) They come from working class families.
(d) They experienced violence as children.

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

3. Near the end of Chapter 1, Grossman cites a political cartoon criticizing what American commander?
(a) Grant.
(b) LeMai.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Patton.

4. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?
(a) Generals.
(b) Contractors.
(c) Petty officers.
(d) Politicians.

5. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Athena.
(c) Harmonia.
(d) Nyx.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 1, what is not widely known about CW Whittlesley, the commander of the Lost Battalion?

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

5. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?

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