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

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

3. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?
(a) Psychiatric casualties would be worse than with soldiers.
(b) Psychiatric casualties would be equal to those with soldiers.
(c) Psychiatric casualties would be nonexistent.
(d) Psychiatric casualties would be fewer than with soldiers.

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

5. How were tours of duty different in Vietnam compared to other wars?
(a) Tours were 24 months instead of 12.
(b) Tours were individual, not unit-based.
(c) Tours could be anywhere, not only the capital.
(d) Tours of duty were not voluntary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which stage of the killing process did Eric - who shot a VC soldier while he was urinating - skip,as described in Chapter 2?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?

3. In the Crimean War anecdote in Chapter 1, what do the soldiers do when confronted with an enemy at ten paces?

4. What mistaken impression did the ex-CIA officer whose story appears at the end of Chapter 1 have about his prisoner?

5. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?

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