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

2. In Chapter 2, what advice do German World War I vets give World War II recruits?
(a) Do not distinguish between civilian and enemy.
(b) Surrender to the Americans.
(c) Go AWOL near the Swiss border.
(d) Kill any Russian you encounter.

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

4. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Nyx.
(b) Athena.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Harmonia.

5. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?
(a) His head is hooded.
(b) His hands are not bound.
(c) He is not allowed to use the bathroom.
(d) He knows the hostage-takers' names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

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

3. As described in Chapter 5, natural warriors are able to kill without what?

4. In the anecdote of Chapter 5, what consequence does the German soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity face?

5. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?

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