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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 Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?
(a) It is a simpler motion.
(b) It wounds rather than kills.
(c) It creates a radius of safety.
(d) It can be done while moving.

2. Which of the following is not a factor contributing to a soldier's compliance in an atrocity mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Racial hatred.
(b) Self-preservation.
(c) Group absolution.
(d) Fear of terrorism.

3. Which of the following is not an item that aids in rationalization and acceptance as delineated at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Decisive victory ceremony.
(b) Clearly defines safe areas.
(c) Encouragement from the public.
(d) Monuments.

4. In Chapter 7, what reason does Grossman give for the cultural separation between officers and enlisted men in the military?
(a) A way to encourage enlisted men to strive and advance.
(b) A means for instilling fear in the enlisted men.
(c) A means of maintaining a socioeconomic status quo.
(d) Allowing officers the separation to send men on dangerous missions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why would racially and ethnically dominant rhetoric by American leaders have been unhelpful in the Iraq War?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, what is the primary duty of the leader of a Greek phalanx?

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

4. How were tours of duty different in Vietnam compared to other wars?

5. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?

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