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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cold consolation for Vietnam vets does Grossman acknowledge in Chapter 2?
(a) The changes to military training policy because of the war.
(b) The end of the draft.
(c) The successful political careers of several vets.
(d) The fall of the Soviet Union.

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what does the army use in rifle training?
(a) A bulls-eye.
(b) A picture of Osama bin Laden.
(c) A human sillhouette.
(d) A bowling pin.

3. In Chapter 3, what does Grossman delineate as a voice of authority in modern youth killing?
(a) Gang leaders.
(b) Peers.
(c) Parents.
(d) Media.

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

5. What public figure's death is referenced in the end of Chapter 2 to illustrate the relationship of nudity and violence?
(a) James Dean.
(b) John Lennon.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Jane Mansfield.

6. To what does John Foster compare combat in Chapter 1?
(a) Volleyball.
(b) Driving a car.
(c) Mountain climbing.
(d) Making love.

7. Which of the following is not a popular late Fifties novel or film that Grossman cites in Chapter 3 as a representation of a World War II vet?
(a) The Best Years of Our Lives.
(b) Revolutionary Road.
(c) Pride of the Yankees.
(d) Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.

8. At the end of Chapter 5, Grossman says that a soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity represents what?
(a) Resistance to peer pressure.
(b) Fear incarnate.
(c) An independent heart.
(d) Nobility in mankind.

9. Which of the following is not a response to killing as described at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Rationalization.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Denial.

10. In his anecdote of Chapter 2, what event elicited surprisingly violent action from Richard Heckler?
(a) A long line at a supermarket.
(b) A mugging.
(c) His wife leaving him.
(d) His mother's death.

11. What is a common feature of natural warriors presented in Chapter 5?
(a) They have no religious affiliation.
(b) They join the military before the age of 25.
(c) They experienced violence as children.
(d) They come from working class families.

12. What story does Grossman end Chapter 4 with?
(a) A firefight in Vietnam.
(b) A firebombing in the Pacific campaign.
(c) An interchange at a VFW hall.
(d) An Iraq vet's return home.

13. In RB Anderson's excerpt in Chapter 1, what aspect of Vietnam does he claim non-vets do not understand?
(a) He believed in the mission.
(b) His tour was a blur.
(c) The memories do not go away.
(d) It was fun.

14. What is different about the way the way the hypothetical World War II and Vietnam vets returned home in Chapter 3?
(a) The number that are alive.
(b) The race of the vets.
(c) The amount of killing they were asked to do.
(d) The time it takes.

15. When does a soldier's guilt following an atrocity become completely unavoidable?
(a) When the war is a domestic conflict.
(b) When his side loses.
(c) When he is already depressed.
(d) When he returns to a peacetime situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an example of an earlier, less-detrimental media monster listed in Chapter 2?

2. Which of the following theorists presents evidence concerning proximity of authority and peer groups?

3. Which of the following is not a category of atrocity listed in Chapter 1?

4. In Vietnam, about how many sniper rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?

5. In the anecdote of Chapter 5, what consequence does the German soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity face?

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