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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first crew-served weapon?
(a) The submarine.
(b) The phalanx.
(c) The chariot.
(d) The artillery gun.

2. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) Civilian.
(b) POW.
(c) Correspondant.
(d) Combatant.

3. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?
(a) When the victim was severely injured.
(b) When it happens in wartime.
(c) When the trauma was caused by a person.
(d) When it happens in peacetime.

4. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Their children.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their parents.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 4, an effective strategy in defeating an enemy's ability to make war is in destroying what?
(a) Their equipment.
(b) Their numbers.
(c) Their morale.
(d) Their infrastructure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final story of Chapter 4, the one in which an American and Viet Cong soldier happen upon each other, who is killed?

2. What does the small percentage of individuals that can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage have in common?

3. In the World War II study cited in Chapter 1, how much would soldier firing decrease when leadership was not nearby?

4. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?

5. In Chapter 7, an anonymous soldier compares what horrific incident to masturbation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does hard-to-soft mean?

2. How does the Yale electroshock study connect with Grossman's thesis in Chapter 1?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 4, how do soldiers deal with guilt and horror in combat?

4. How was the Roman centurion model more effective than the Greek phalanx, according to Grossman?

5. How did military predictions regarding civilian bombings and psychiatric casualties prove completely wrong in World War II?

6. In Chapter 7, what comparison does Grossman draw between firing a gun and masturbation?

7. What assertion regarding military psychiatrists does Grossman make at the end of Chapter 8?

8. What are the primary components of Exhaustion as outlined in Chapter 3?

9. How is the dissuasive potential of familiarity discussed in Chapter 4?

10. As discussed in Chapter 3, what is the emotional advantage of hand grenades?

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