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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. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

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

3. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?
(a) Declined to fire their weapons.
(b) Learned German.
(c) Released prisoners-of-war.
(d) Self-harm.

4. In the World War II study cited in Chapter 1, how much would soldier firing decrease when leadership was not nearby?
(a) 5-10 percent.
(b) 25-30 percent.
(c) 15-20 percent.
(d) 35-40 percent.

5. In conditioning soldiers to fire quickly, what has the military not prepared them for?
(a) Defending against equally hostile fire.
(b) Returning to civilian life.
(c) Telling friend from foe.
(d) Dealing emotionally with killing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country did the case-study of Chapter 4 take place?

3. What does the small percentage of individuals that can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage have in common?

4. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?

5. What fear did Saddam Hussein seize upon to hold on to power, as discussed in Chapter 2?

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