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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. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?
(a) They used the blunt end of them.
(b) They attached them upside down.
(c) They removed them completely.
(d) They used them as hand weapons.

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

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

4. In the beginning of Chapter 4, Grossman says the highest estimate for the number of Vietnam vets with PTSD is what?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 1.1 million.
(c) 1.9 million.
(d) 2.4 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?

2. Which of the following is not a factor contributing to a soldier's compliance in an atrocity mentioned in Chapter 5?

3. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?

4. How does the rationalization of Ray, the Panama vet quoted at the end of Chapter 1, manifest itself?

5. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?

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