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

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

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, who is often given the cold shoulder in the military?
(a) Snipers.
(b) Newly-commisioned officers.
(c) Grunts.
(d) Diplomats.

4. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 0.
(d) 25.

5. What cold consolation for Vietnam vets does Grossman acknowledge in Chapter 2?
(a) The end of the draft.
(b) The successful political careers of several vets.
(c) The fall of the Soviet Union.
(d) The changes to military training policy because of the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what advice do German World War I vets give World War II recruits?

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?

3. Which of the following is not an example provided in Chapter 2 of Vietnam's "dirty" combat?

4. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?

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