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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 study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?
(a) Extreme cold.
(b) Rotten food.
(c) Electric shocks.
(d) Loud noises.

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

3. Which of the following is not a means of recuperation Grossman endorses for PTSD in Chapter 3?
(a) Safe disclosure.
(b) Bonding with vets.
(c) Medication.
(d) Support groups.

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, what is the primary duty of the leader of a Greek phalanx?
(a) The stategize behind lines.
(b) To fight with the men.
(c) To reform the formation when someone fell.
(d) The deliver orders.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freud, as quoted in Chapter 1, stresses the ascendancy of man's desire to what?

2. Which of the following is not an option for a soldier in combat that Grossman lists in Chapter 1?

3. In the World War II study cited in Chapter 1, how much would soldier firing decrease when leadership was not nearby?

4. By the late 1990's, approximately how many Vietnam vets were suffering from PTSD?

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

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