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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Killing and Atrocities: No Honor Here, No Virtue : Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term arose in the early 1990's to describe the new fighting techniques seen in the Gulf War?
(a) Telegraph war.
(b) Nintendo war.
(c) Mail-order war.
(d) Calling-card war.

2. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?
(a) Boot camp prep.
(b) Extra rations.
(c) Vitamin supplements.
(d) Field manuals.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the Vietnam vet assume is on the back of the picture in Grossman's story?
(a) A date.
(b) A goodbye message.
(c) Blood.
(d) An address.

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) Politicians.
(d) Petty officers.

5. In Chapter 7, an anonymous soldier compares what horrific incident to masturbation?
(a) The My Lai massacre.
(b) The Battle of Shiloh.
(c) The Katyn massacre.
(d) The Cultural Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?

2. What stigma constitutes a gray atrocity?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, who is often given the cold shoulder in the military?

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

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, what do POW executions do to an enemy?

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