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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. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?
(a) Ulcers.
(b) Involuntary urination.
(c) Organ failure.
(d) Body tremors.

2. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Lack of order.
(b) Lack of control.
(c) Proximity to death.
(d) Proximity to human maliciousness.

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

4. What form of crime does Grossman indicate is skyrocketing at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Manslaughter.
(b) Breaking and entering.
(c) Aggravated assualt.
(d) Reckless endangerment.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, what was the solution the American military's solution after World War II to many soldiers more willing to shoot?
(a) An all-volunteer army.
(b) More careful recruiting screening.
(c) Psychological bombardment.
(d) Advances in rifle firing range.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, Grossman indicates that an Islamic suicide bomber's authority figure is what?

3. Which of the following is not a component of killing that is covered in Chapter 4?

4. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?

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

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