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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. Where did the VFW Hall story at the beginning of Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

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

3. Which of the following is not a category of atrocity listed in Chapter 1?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

4. As related in Chapter 5, Stellman and Stellman studied what?
(a) Just war theory.
(b) The killing process.
(c) Military suicides.
(d) PTSD.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, which type of combatants are more prone than most to a powerful exhilaration stage?
(a) Fighter pilots.
(b) Navy seals.
(c) Marines.
(d) New grunts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great advance in military technology did Gustavus Adolphus create?

2. In RB Anderson's excerpt in Chapter 1, what aspect of Vietnam does he claim non-vets do not understand?

3. To what does John Foster compare combat in Chapter 1?

4. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?

5. What famous study is cited at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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