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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what dystopian novel does Grossman compare military conditioning in Chapter 2?
(a) Brave New World.
(b) Clockwork Orange.
(c) 1984.
(d) The Road.

2. 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.

3. What form of crime does Grossman indicate is skyrocketing at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Aggravated assualt.
(b) Breaking and entering.
(c) Reckless endangerment.
(d) Manslaughter.

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

5. Birth of a Nation is widely credited with increasing what?
(a) Military recruitment.
(b) The popularity of the Klan.
(c) The sale of fireworks.
(d) Movie sales.

6. What does Grossman credit with reducing the number of homicides in America in Chapter 1?
(a) Better medical technology.
(b) Community outreach.
(c) Improved economic conditions.
(d) Gun control laws.

7. In Chapter 4, Grossman says that every veteran can immediately visualize his what?
(a) Rifle.
(b) C.O.
(c) President.
(d) Drill instuctor.

8. In Chapter 2, Grossman says the discussion of the killing process is most effective with which people?
(a) School children.
(b) Convicted murderers.
(c) War vets.
(d) Criminal psychologists.

9. 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 bombing of Nagasaki.
(b) The liberation of a concentration camp.
(c) The Normandy landing.
(d) The bombardment of a Japanese island.

10. What was new about the enemy composition in Vietnam as opposed to previous wars?
(a) The enemy hid in tunnels.
(b) The enemy blended in with the populace.
(c) Their were many women combatants.
(d) The enemy was younger in age.

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

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

13. 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) An ammo truck driver.
(b) A military reporter.
(c) A medic.
(d) A helicopter repairman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Grossman indicates that an Islamic suicide bomber's authority figure is what?

2. What is different about the way the way the hypothetical World War II and Vietnam vets returned home in Chapter 3?

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

4. In Chapter 2, what advice do German World War I vets give World War II recruits?

5. At the end of Chapter 5, Grossman says that a soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity represents what?

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