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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 5, Grossman calls a soldier's choice to participate in an atrocity a what?
(a) Suicidal act.
(b) Surrender to fear.
(c) Fool's errand.
(d) Faustian bargain.

2. What unacceptable practice was included in military training in 1975?
(a) Quick executions.
(b) Rape.
(c) Looting.
(d) Torture of prisoners.

3. As related in Chapter 6, which catalyzing event occurred to Calley's platoon the day before the My Lai massacre?
(a) Calley's wife divorced him.
(b) The platoon was ambushed by VC.
(c) The Golf of Tonkin incident occured.
(d) A soldier tripped a booby trap.

4. In Vietnam, about how many sniper rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?
(a) 3.12.
(b) 2.50.
(c) 1.39.
(d) 1.

5. In conditioning soldiers to fire quickly, what has the military not prepared them for?
(a) Telling friend from foe.
(b) Defending against equally hostile fire.
(c) Returning to civilian life.
(d) Dealing emotionally with killing.

6. By the late 1990's, approximately how many Vietnam vets were suffering from PTSD?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 600,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 400,000.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. According to Grossman in Chapter 6, why is a suicide bomber more effective than a traditional shooter?
(a) He cannot retreat.
(b) He can kill more victims before dying.
(c) He will not lose his weapon.
(d) He is less conspicuous.

14. What experience described at the end of Chapter 2 caused guilt in Sol, a World War II vet who did not take part in killing?
(a) The liberation of a concentration camp.
(b) The bombardment of a Japanese island.
(c) The bombing of Nagasaki.
(d) The Normandy landing.

15. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, what do POW executions do to an enemy?
(a) Destroy their civilian support.
(b) Make them more aggressive.
(c) Give them reason to murder your POW's
(d) Break their morale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caspar Weinberger?

2. As related in Chapter 5, Stellman and Stellman studied what?

3. In Chapter 2, what is a socially humiliating act regarding modern media?

4. In Chapter 2, Grossman says the discussion of the killing process is most effective with which people?

5. By 1971, what percentage of evacuations from Vietnam was related to psychiatric problems?

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