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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 a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Weaponry possessed by commander.
(b) Personal relationship with commander.
(c) Number of orders given.
(d) Intensity of demand to kill.

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

3. 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 morale.
(c) Their numbers.
(d) Their infrastructure.

4. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?
(a) The past history of each man.
(b) The clinical definition of PTSD.
(c) The history of military psychology.
(d) The effects of killing.

5. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?
(a) Surrender to German troops.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Pretend to be dead.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?

2. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

3. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?

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

5. In Chapter 1, Grossman cites a study which says vets are most likely to fire when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is punishment justification?

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

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

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

6. What does hard-to-soft mean?

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

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

9. What is surprising about the study cited in Chapter 1 regarding what compels soldiers to shoot?

10. Describe the metaphor Grossman uses for fortitude in Chapter 6?

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