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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war did Lord Moran fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Rhodesian Wars.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Falklands War.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?
(a) Soldiers must kill or be killed.
(b) All men are of the same Spirit.
(c) Every man chooses his own death.
(d) Killing is deliverance into heaven.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Susan Sarandon.
(c) Jane Fonda.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

14. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their children.
(d) Themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, why is it easy for the wealthy to oppress the poor without feeling guilt?

4. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?

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?

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