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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. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Euphoria.
(c) Denial.
(d) Depression.

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

3. In Vietnam, about how many sniper rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?
(a) 1.39.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.50.
(d) 3.12.

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

5. Which of the following is not a popular late Fifties novel or film that Grossman cites in Chapter 3 as a representation of a World War II vet?
(a) The Best Years of Our Lives.
(b) Pride of the Yankees.
(c) Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
(d) Revolutionary Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Crimean War anecdote in Chapter 1, what do the soldiers do when confronted with an enemy at ten paces?

2. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

4. As related in Chapter 6, which catalyzing event occurred to Calley's platoon the day before the My Lai massacre?

5. What great advance in military technology did Gustavus Adolphus create?

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