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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 the final story of Chapter 4, the one in which an American and Viet Cong soldier happen upon each other, who is killed?
(a) Both men.
(b) The Viet Cong.
(c) The American.
(d) Neither man.

2. Which of the following is not an option for a soldier in combat that Grossman lists in Chapter 1?
(a) Submit.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Fight.
(d) Posture.

3. In the study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?
(a) Extreme cold.
(b) Loud noises.
(c) Electric shocks.
(d) Rotten food.

4. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?
(a) 0.
(b) 13.
(c) 25.
(d) 2.

5. In Chapter 7, what reason does Grossman give for the cultural separation between officers and enlisted men in the military?
(a) A means for instilling fear in the enlisted men.
(b) A means of maintaining a socioeconomic status quo.
(c) A way to encourage enlisted men to strive and advance.
(d) Allowing officers the separation to send men on dangerous missions.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grossman in Chapter 8, what varies widely regarding those who recover from mental trauma after killing in combat?

2. Which of the following is not a contributing factor in determining whether a group easily unites in combat killing?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, what is the primary duty of the leader of a Greek phalanx?

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

5. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What options are open to soldiers in combat?

3. How does Grossman use his distance-guilt corollary to explain the oppression of the poor in Chapter 1?

4. Describe the Vietnam story of Chapter 4.

5. What is punishment justification?

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

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

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

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

10. What surprising fact regarding soldier's fears in combat is revealed in Chapter 2?

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