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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 1, which type of combatants are more prone than most to a powerful exhilaration stage?
(a) New grunts.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy seals.
(d) Fighter pilots.

2. In Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe natural warriors' attitudes toward less aggressive colleagues?
(a) Protective.
(b) Wary.
(c) Contemptuous.
(d) Dismissive.

3. Which of the following is not a symptom of PTSD?
(a) Intrusive dreams.
(b) Social withdrawal.
(c) Bouts of vertigo.
(d) Difficulty maintaining relationships.

4. In Grossman's Chapter 2 trajectory of increasingly violent media, where do children go after cartoons?
(a) Violent music.
(b) TV cop shows.
(c) Comic books.
(d) PG-13 movies.

5. In the anecdote at the beginning of Chapter 3, what is the soldier surprised he did in his first firefight?
(a) Retreated.
(b) Urinated on himself.
(c) Cried.
(d) Engaged the enemy.

6. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the difference between military killing training and that provided by video games?
(a) The army offers ballistics education.
(b) The army directs its training toward an enemy.
(c) There is no discernible difference.
(d) Video games stunt hand-eye coordination.

7. What animal was used in Skinner's conditioning experiment?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Rats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Humans.

8. Which of the following is not a psychological process for enabling killing as set out in Chapter 1?
(a) Imitation of vicarious role models.
(b) Operant conditioning.
(c) Classical conditioning.
(d) Demystification of aparatuses.

9. Which of the following is not a factor contributing to a soldier's compliance in an atrocity mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Fear of terrorism.
(b) Self-preservation.
(c) Group absolution.
(d) Racial hatred.

10. In the Vet of the Year anecdote in Chapter 3, who did Dave use as an example of someone who did not kill but was still blamed?
(a) A helicopter repairman.
(b) An ammo truck driver.
(c) A military reporter.
(d) A medic.

11. In the anecdote of Chapter 5, what consequence does the German soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity face?
(a) Forced labor.
(b) Summary execution.
(c) Mockery.
(d) Court martial.

12. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?
(a) Identification with the enemy.
(b) Mass battle fatigue.
(c) Dissent.
(d) Closer bonding.

13. In Chapter 1, what weapon does Grossman use as an example of a homemade killing implement?
(a) A sawed-off shotgun.
(b) An IED.
(c) A shiv.
(d) A spring gun.

14. To what presidency does Grossman apply the killing process in Chapter 2?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) George HW Bush.

15. In Chapter 5, to what group did the German defector interviewed switch?
(a) The German communists.
(b) The Red Army.
(c) The French resistance.
(d) The American intelligence community.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 4, Grossman says the highest estimate for the number of Vietnam vets with PTSD is what?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what distinction does Grossman make between social learning and the previous two types of conditioning?

3. To what dystopian novel does Grossman compare military conditioning in Chapter 2?

4. What does a drill instructor teach as the root of manhood?

5. What does Grossman credit with reducing the number of homicides in America in Chapter 1?

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