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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. Which of the following is not a means of recuperation Grossman endorses for PTSD in Chapter 3?
(a) Medication.
(b) Safe disclosure.
(c) Support groups.
(d) Bonding with vets.

2. What great advance in military technology did Gustavus Adolphus create?
(a) The chain gun.
(b) The black powder rifle.
(c) The automatic rifle.
(d) The portable cannon.

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

4. In Vietnam, about how many rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?
(a) 150.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 11,000./

5. Between which two stages of the killing process is a murder-suicide fluctuating, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Exhilaration and revulsion.
(b) Killing and remorse.
(c) Concern and acceptance.
(d) Remorse and rationalization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistaken impression did the ex-CIA officer whose story appears at the end of Chapter 1 have about his prisoner?

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

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

4. Which of the following is not a symptom of PTSD?

5. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?

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