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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. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?
(a) He knows the hostage-takers' names.
(b) His head is hooded.
(c) He is not allowed to use the bathroom.
(d) His hands are not bound.

2. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. As described in Chapter 4, how did German soldiers surrender at the end of World War II?
(a) Holding out family pictures.
(b) Singing the Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Burning their uniforms.
(d) Bowing to American tanks.

4. In the story at the beginning of Chapter 3, what percentage of soldiers questioned said they were certain they had killed even one enemy in combat?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?
(a) Depression.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Denial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a component of Group Absolution as delineated in Chapter 1?

2. What percentage of casualties did cannon fire comprise in many Civil War battles?

3. What term arose in the early 1990's to describe the new fighting techniques seen in the Gulf War?

4. In Chapter 2, what civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, what philosophical and literary justifications for killing does Grossman cite?

4. How did mechanical distance change the perception of war in the 1990's?

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

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

7. What inefficiency of edged-weapon combat does Grossman reveal in Chapter 5?

8. What is the silent conspiracy does Grossman discuss in Chapter 4?

9. As described in Chapter 2, why are snipers given the cold shoulder in the military?

10. What is a crew-served weapon?

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