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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. According to Grossman in Chapter 6, why is a suicide bomber more effective than a traditional shooter?
(a) He cannot retreat.
(b) He is less conspicuous.
(c) He will not lose his weapon.
(d) He can kill more victims before dying.

2. What form of crime does Grossman indicate is skyrocketing at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Manslaughter.
(b) Reckless endangerment.
(c) Breaking and entering.
(d) Aggravated assualt.

3. In Grossman's Chapter 2 trajectory of increasingly violent media, where do children go after cartoons?
(a) PG-13 movies.
(b) Comic books.
(c) Violent music.
(d) TV cop shows.

4. At the end of Chapter 5, Grossman says that a soldier who refuses to take part in an atrocity represents what?
(a) Nobility in mankind.
(b) Fear incarnate.
(c) An independent heart.
(d) Resistance to peer pressure.

5. What percentage of the population qualifies as a natural warrior?
(a) About 6 percent.
(b) About 10 percent.
(c) About 2 percent.
(d) About 25 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a means of recuperation Grossman endorses for PTSD in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 2, Grossman indicates that committing an atrocity can cause what within a group?

3. How does the rationalization of Ray, the Panama vet quoted at the end of Chapter 1, manifest itself?

4. In the anecdote at the beginning of Chapter 3, what is the soldier surprised he did in his first firefight?

5. Which of the following is not an item that aids in rationalization and acceptance as delineated at the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes have occurred in recent years to mitigate the psychiatric casualties of Vietnam?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Grossman say an atrocity does to a combat unit's group dynamic?

3. In Chapter 5, how does Grossman illustrate the danger of refusing to take part in an atrocity?

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

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, how can PTSD be treated effectively?

6. What separates a natural warrior from a psychopath?

7. How did John Foster rationalize killing a VC in Chapter 1?

8. What solution did the American military devise to deal with low firing rates in World War II?

9. In Chapter 6, what factors contribute to a soldier's decision to kill in the chart presented and discussed?

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

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