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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 civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?
(a) Corporate layoffs.
(b) Urban crime.
(c) Eating meat.
(d) Rape.

2. 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) Korea.
(c) France.
(d) Israel.

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

4. In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide?
(a) Phillipines.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) East Timor.

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

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

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

8. 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 size of the group.
(c) The mean age of the group.
(d) The psychological bond among members of the group.

9. According to Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?
(a) It is a simpler motion.
(b) It creates a radius of safety.
(c) It can be done while moving.
(d) It wounds rather than kills.

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

11. 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 are often highly-educated.
(b) They are often insomniacs.
(c) They are often psychopaths or sociopaths.
(d) They often commit suicide after regular combat ends.

12. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Herodotus.

13. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?
(a) Psychological disorders and prejudices.
(b) Fear and anger.
(c) Guilt and training.
(d) Expectations and coercions.

14. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?
(a) Hard to soft.
(b) Deflect and deliver.
(c) Always on top.
(d) Breath and blood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During World War I, what was the favored weapon of American servicemen for killing enemy combatants?

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

3. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?

4. Freud, as quoted in Chapter 1, stresses the ascendancy of man's desire to what?

5. Which of the following is not an animal that Grossman uses as an example of sexual dominating behavior at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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