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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?
(a) Dead teenager slasher films.
(b) Girls-with-guns videos.
(c) Russ Meyer pictures.
(d) Miami Vice.

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

4. In Chapter 1, Grossman cites a study which says vets are most likely to fire when?
(a) When soldiers around them fire.
(b) When under-slept.
(c) When ordered to.
(d) When fired upon.

5. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?
(a) Minimal.
(b) Dainty.
(c) Savage.
(d) Sexual.

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

7. Why does fight-or-flight not come into play in a battle situation?
(a) Soldiers are armed with weapons.
(b) Soldiers are on the same stratus of the food chain.
(c) Battle is a collective exercise.
(d) Soldiers are able to communicate verbally with each other.

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 4, the story of the soldier who kills a young enemy and immediately breaks down crying takes place in what country?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) Israel.
(c) Korea.
(d) France.

12. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?
(a) Self-harm.
(b) Learned German.
(c) Declined to fire their weapons.
(d) Released prisoners-of-war.

13. 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 nonexistent.
(c) Psychiatric casualties would be fewer than with soldiers.
(d) Psychiatric casualties would be equal to those with soldiers.

14. What famous study is cited at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Pavlov's dog experiments.
(b) The Yale "electroshock" study.
(c) The Stanford "prison" study.
(d) The Tuskegee Institute syphilis studies.

15. What fear did Saddam Hussein seize upon to hold on to power, as discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) A Kurdish secession.
(b) Iranian influx.
(c) A US invasion.
(d) A Shiite backlash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?

2. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why would racially and ethnically dominant rhetoric by American leaders have been unhelpful in the Iraq War?

5. In Chapter 8, what term does Grossman use to refer to those who have killed in war?

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