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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the beginning of Chapter 4, Grossman says the highest estimate for the number of Vietnam vets with PTSD is what?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 1.1 million.
(c) 1.9 million.
(d) 2.4 million.

5. In Chapter 2, what is a socially humiliating act regarding modern media?
(a) Crying during sappy moments.
(b) Averting gaze during violence.
(c) Preferring older movies.
(d) Believing the events of the film are real.

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

7. In Chapter 3, Grossman says the western-style shooting games are similar to what?
(a) A carnival game.
(b) A police shooting training.
(c) A paintball competition.
(d) A real wartime firefight.

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

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

10. Which of the following is an essential quality that makes a role model desirable as listed in Chapter 4?
(a) Physical attractiveness.
(b) Identical nationality.
(c) Widespread recognizability.
(d) Similarity to learner.

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

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

13. What mistaken impression did the ex-CIA officer whose story appears at the end of Chapter 1 have about his prisoner?
(a) He thought he was a relative.
(b) He thought he was an American.
(c) He thought he escaped.
(d) He thought he killed him.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stigma constitutes a gray atrocity?

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

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

4. What percentage of the population qualifies as a natural warrior?

5. What cold consolation for Vietnam vets does Grossman acknowledge in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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