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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. In the story at the beginning of Chapter 3, what percentage of soldiers questioned said they were certain they had killed even one enemy in combat?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

2. Which of the following is not a contributing factor in determining whether a group easily unites in combat killing?
(a) The proximity of members in the group.
(b) The psychological bond among members of the group.
(c) The size of the group.
(d) The mean age of the group.

3. In combat, Grossman says in Chapter 4 that the two entities individuals most want to defend are what?
(a) Self and family.
(b) Family and comrades.
(c) Self and comrades.
(d) Self and country.

4. Which of the following is not a factor contributing to a soldier's compliance in an atrocity mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Group absolution.
(c) Fear of terrorism.
(d) Racial hatred.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what distinction does Grossman make between social learning and the previous two types of conditioning?
(a) It is experienced by every person.
(b) It is unique to primates.
(c) It is inherently violent.
(d) It must be perpetrated by a group.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Vietnam, about how many sniper rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?

2. What is different about the way the way the hypothetical World War II and Vietnam vets returned home in Chapter 3?

3. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is a common feature of natural warriors presented in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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