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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, Killing in America: What Are we Doing to Our Children? : Chapter 4, Social Learning and Role Models in the Media.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 4, an effective strategy in defeating an enemy's ability to make war is in destroying what?
(a) Their infrastructure.
(b) Their numbers.
(c) Their morale.
(d) Their equipment.

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

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 6, why is a suicide bomber more effective than a traditional shooter?
(a) He is less conspicuous.
(b) He will not lose his weapon.
(c) He cannot retreat.
(d) He can kill more victims before dying.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 8, what varies widely regarding those who recover from mental trauma after killing in combat?
(a) Time needed for recovery.
(b) Level of recovery.
(c) Outlet for recovery.
(d) Desire for recovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?

2. In Chapter 5, to what group did the German defector interviewed switch?

3. What is the unifying element that links all of the coping tactics in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?

5. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?

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