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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 conditioning soldiers to fire quickly, what has the military not prepared them for?
(a) Defending against equally hostile fire.
(b) Telling friend from foe.
(c) Returning to civilian life.
(d) Dealing emotionally with killing.

2. In Chapter 5, to what group did the German defector interviewed switch?
(a) The American intelligence community.
(b) The German communists.
(c) The Red Army.
(d) The French resistance.

3. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?
(a) Closer bonding.
(b) Identification with the enemy.
(c) Dissent.
(d) Mass battle fatigue.

4. Which of the following is not a category of atrocity listed in Chapter 1?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. What animal was used in Skinner's conditioning experiment?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Humans.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Grossman indicates that an Islamic suicide bomber's authority figure is what?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 4, Grossman says the highest estimate for the number of Vietnam vets with PTSD is what?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the difference between military killing training and that provided by video games?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what distinction does Grossman make between social learning and the previous two types of conditioning?

5. Which of the following is an essential quality that makes a role model desirable as listed in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the defining characteristics of a natural warrior?

2. What is the Weinberger Doctrine?

3. What factors contribute to a soldier's decision to commit an atrocity?

4. Which essential qualities makes a role model desirable as listed in Chapter 4?

5. What factors does Grossman say are contributing to youth violence in Chapter 1?

6. How does Grossman explain murder-suicide in terms of the killing process in Chapter 2?

7. As described in Chapter 2, how do children progress through increasingly violent entertainment?

8. According to Grossman, why do young people idolize entertainment figures more than police and politicians?

9. What warning about video games does Grossman make at the end of Chapter 3?

10. What evidence does Grossman provide that violence among youth has increased dramatically since the 1950s?

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