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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?
(a) Savagery.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Interconnectedness.
(d) Humanity.

2. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) Civilian.
(b) Correspondant.
(c) POW.
(d) Combatant.

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

4. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?
(a) Vitamin supplements.
(b) Extra rations.
(c) Field manuals.
(d) Boot camp prep.

5. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Harmonia.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Nyx.
(d) Athena.

6. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Depression.
(c) Denial.
(d) Euphoria.

7. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?
(a) The past history of each man.
(b) The history of military psychology.
(c) The effects of killing.
(d) The clinical definition of PTSD.

8. Which of the following is not a stage of Stockholm Syndrome?
(a) Hostage-taker identyifies with the victim.
(b) Hostage-taker feels antipathy to the victim.
(c) Victim identifies with the hostage-take.
(d) Victim feels antipathy to the authorities.

9. In the final story of Chapter 4, the one in which an American and Viet Cong soldier happen upon each other, who is killed?
(a) Both men.
(b) The American.
(c) The Viet Cong.
(d) Neither man.

10. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Proximity to death.
(b) Lack of control.
(c) Proximity to human maliciousness.
(d) Lack of order.

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

12. In Chapter 4, what World War II battle does Grossman cite as an example of hunger deciding combat?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Midway.
(d) Iwo Jima.

13. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?
(a) Surrender to German troops.
(b) Smoke cigarettes.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pretend to be dead.

14. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 1, what is not widely known about CW Whittlesley, the commander of the Lost Battalion?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He was a pacifist.
(c) He was not among the trapped battalion.
(d) He was relieved of duty shortly after the incident.

15. 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) Legitimacy of group.
(d) Number in immediate group.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Grossman cites a study which says vets are most likely to fire when?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 7, how long can guilt over killing last?

3. What percentage of casualties did cannon fire comprise in many Civil War battles?

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

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

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