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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Combatant.
(c) Correspondant.
(d) POW.

3. 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 clinical definition of PTSD.
(c) The history of military psychology.
(d) The effects of killing.

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

5. 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) The American.
(b) Both men.
(c) The Viet Cong.
(d) Neither man.

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

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

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 Holocaust.
(c) The Cambodian Killing Fields.
(d) The Hanoi HIlton.

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

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

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

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

13. Which of the following is not an option for a soldier in combat that Grossman lists in Chapter 1?
(a) Posture.
(b) Fight.
(c) Submit.
(d) Suicide.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 4, an effective strategy in defeating an enemy's ability to make war is in destroying what?

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

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. 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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