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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 mistaken impression did the ex-CIA officer whose story appears at the end of Chapter 1 have about his prisoner?
(a) He thought he escaped.
(b) He thought he killed him.
(c) He thought he was an American.
(d) He thought he was a relative.

2. In Vietnam, about how many rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 150.
(d) 11,000./

3. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?
(a) Killing is deliverance into heaven.
(b) Every man chooses his own death.
(c) All men are of the same Spirit.
(d) Soldiers must kill or be killed.

4. In Chapter 6, Grossman indicates that an Islamic suicide bomber's authority figure is what?
(a) A religious leader.
(b) God.
(c) Himself.
(d) A terrorist cell leader.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what presidency does Grossman apply the killing process in Chapter 2?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, Grossman calls a soldier's choice to participate in an atrocity a what?

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

4. 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?

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

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