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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 5, What are We Doing to Our Children?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?
(a) Jane Fonda.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Susan Sarandon.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

2. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?
(a) Victory.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Rest.
(d) New leadership.

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

4. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?
(a) Dissent.
(b) Identification with the enemy.
(c) Mass battle fatigue.
(d) Closer bonding.

5. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?
(a) Psychological disorders and prejudices.
(b) Guilt and training.
(c) Fear and anger.
(d) Expectations and coercions.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, Grossman says that a soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity represents what?

2. When does a soldier's guilt following an atrocity become completely unavoidable?

3. In Chapter 2, Grossman says the discussion of the killing process is most effective with which people?

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the Vietnam vet assume is on the back of the picture in Grossman's story?

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