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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which stage of the killing process did Eric - who shot a VC soldier while he was urinating - skip,as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Exhilaration.
(c) Concern.
(d) Regret.

2. Where did the VFW Hall story at the beginning of Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Florida.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) New York.
(d) Ohio.

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

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

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

6. Between 1970 and today, what increase has occurred in the number of imprisoned individuals per 100,000?
(a) 100 to 500.
(b) 150 to 700.
(c) 40 to 250.
(d) 150 to 400.

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

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

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

10. 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 Normandy landing.
(c) The liberation of a concentration camp.
(d) The bombardment of a Japanese island.

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

12. What percentage of the population qualifies as a natural warrior?
(a) About 10 percent.
(b) About 25 percent.
(c) About 2 percent.
(d) About 6 percent.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a symptom of PTSD?

2. In World War II, only 15-20 percent of riflemen made it past which stage of killing?

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

4. In Chapter 5, what is another profession Grossman mentions that natural warriors often enter besides the military?

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

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