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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Weaponry possessed by commander.
(b) Number of orders given.
(c) Intensity of demand to kill.
(d) Personal relationship with commander.

2. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) The Andersonville Prison.
(c) The Hanoi HIlton.
(d) The Cambodian Killing Fields.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Humans.
(c) The twentieth century.
(d) America.

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, why is it easy for the wealthy to oppress the poor without feeling guilt?
(a) The wealthy do not feel guilt.
(b) They do not see the effects of the oppression.
(c) Theydo not consider the poor people.
(d) They think they are helping to motivate the poor to work.

5. What great advance in military technology did Gustavus Adolphus create?
(a) The black powder rifle.
(b) The automatic rifle.
(c) The chain gun.
(d) The portable cannon.

6. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?
(a) New leadership.
(b) Rest.
(c) Victory.
(d) Nothing.

7. Which of the following is not a component of killing that is covered in Chapter 4?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Fear.
(c) Motive.
(d) Means.

8. In terms of effective leadership, what disadvantage do mercenaries and gang leaders have?
(a) They do not have formal education or training.
(b) They are asking their men to commit illegal acts.
(c) Their men traditionally try to unseat them.
(d) They traditionally do not work their way through the ranks.

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

10. Which of the following is not a component of Group Absolution as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Intensity of support to kill.
(b) Age of group members.
(c) Number in immediate group.
(d) Legitimacy of group.

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

12. As described in Chapter 4, how did German soldiers surrender at the end of World War II?
(a) Singing the Star Spangled Banner.
(b) Holding out family pictures.
(c) Burning their uniforms.
(d) Bowing to American tanks.

13. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?
(a) Every man chooses his own death.
(b) All men are of the same Spirit.
(c) Soldiers must kill or be killed.
(d) Killing is deliverance into heaven.

14. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Pickett.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Jackson.
(d) McClellen.

15. In Chapter 8, what term does Grossman use to refer to those who have killed in war?
(a) Shooters.
(b) Legalized perpetrators.
(c) Noncriminal killers.
(d) Combat actives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a stage of Stockholm Syndrome?

2. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?

3. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?

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

5. According to Chapter 4, warfare is the process of giving individuals the means for what?

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