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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what tactic does Grossman describe as key to training soldiers to fire in combat?
(a) Education.
(b) Encouragement.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drilling.

2. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?
(a) His head is hooded.
(b) He is not allowed to use the bathroom.
(c) He knows the hostage-takers' names.
(d) His hands are not bound.

3. What do most historians agree was the key to the Roman military model's success?
(a) Strong leadership.
(b) Longer spears.
(c) Light, flexible armor.
(d) Political legitimacy.

4. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?
(a) New weapons technology.
(b) Less close-raange combat.
(c) The end of the draft.
(d) Military conditioning practices.

5. Aside from officers, which individuals are often killed in combat for their toll on morale?
(a) Young recruits.
(b) Wives.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Flagbearers.

6. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Fear.
(b) Movement.
(c) Death.
(d) Dismemberment.

7. What was the first crew-served weapon?
(a) The submarine.
(b) The phalanx.
(c) The artillery gun.
(d) The chariot.

8. According to Grossman in Chapter 8, what varies widely regarding those who recover from mental trauma after killing in combat?
(a) Level of recovery.
(b) Time needed for recovery.
(c) Outlet for recovery.
(d) Desire for recovery.

9. What does the small percentage of individuals that can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage have in common?
(a) They often commit suicide after regular combat ends.
(b) They are often highly-educated.
(c) They are often insomniacs.
(d) They are often psychopaths or sociopaths.

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

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

12. According to Grossman in Chapter 7, how long can guilt over killing last?
(a) Months.
(b) Hours.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) Days.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. How many days can a soldier remain in combat before psychological trauma begins to manifest itself?

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