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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. Which of the following is not a contributing factor in determining whether a group easily unites in combat killing?
(a) The psychological bond among members of the group.
(b) The proximity of members in the group.
(c) The size of the group.
(d) The mean age of the group.

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Savage.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Dainty.

3. According to Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?
(a) It wounds rather than kills.
(b) It is a simpler motion.
(c) It can be done while moving.
(d) It creates a radius of safety.

4. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?
(a) Declined to fire their weapons.
(b) Released prisoners-of-war.
(c) Self-harm.
(d) Learned German.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?
(a) America.
(b) Humans.
(c) The twentieth century.
(d) Warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?

2. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, who is often given the cold shoulder in the military?

5. Which of the following is a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role does enemy morale play in the choice to kill?

3. What is punishment justification?

4. What does hard-to-soft mean?

5. Describe the Vietnam story of Chapter 4.

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

7. At the beginning of the book, what personal prejudices does Grossman admit to?

8. What factors contribute to group absolution?

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

10. What does Grossman reveal to be the most shocking element of crimes in the beginning of Chapter 5?

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