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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 7, how long can guilt over killing last?
(a) Months.
(b) Days.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) Hours.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What occurs as a result of exhaustion after the 60-day mark of continuous combat?
(a) Narcolepsy.
(b) Muscle atrophy.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Death.

7. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?
(a) Organ failure.
(b) Body tremors.
(c) Involuntary urination.
(d) Ulcers.

8. In Chapter 7, Grossman says what has made killing easier for soldiers?
(a) Technology.
(b) A violent media.
(c) A new enemy.
(d) Training.

9. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?
(a) They attached them upside down.
(b) They used them as hand weapons.
(c) They removed them completely.
(d) They used the blunt end of them.

10. What term arose in the early 1990's to describe the new fighting techniques seen in the Gulf War?
(a) Telegraph war.
(b) Calling-card war.
(c) Nintendo war.
(d) Mail-order war.

11. What is the unifying element that links all of the coping tactics in Chapter 3?
(a) Experience.
(b) Distance.
(c) Enibriation.
(d) Trance.

12. According to Chapter 4, warfare is the process of giving individuals the means for what?
(a) Self-actualization.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Courage.
(d) Strategic superiority.

13. 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 was relieved of duty shortly after the incident.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He was a pacifist.
(d) He was not among the trapped battalion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a component of Group Absolution as delineated in Chapter 1?

2. What famous study is cited at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the Vietnam vet assume is on the back of the picture in Grossman's story?

4. In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide?

5. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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