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

2. What unacceptable practice was included in military training in 1975?
(a) Quick executions.
(b) Torture of prisoners.
(c) Looting.
(d) Rape.

3. To what presidency does Grossman apply the killing process in Chapter 2?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) George HW Bush.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

4. In Chapter 2, Grossman says the discussion of the killing process is most effective with which people?
(a) School children.
(b) War vets.
(c) Criminal psychologists.
(d) Convicted murderers.

5. Which of the following is not an example provided in Chapter 2 of Vietnam's "dirty" combat?
(a) Burning down civilian homes.
(b) Encroaching into neighboring countries.
(c) Killing women and children.
(d) Killing up close.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During what component of military training is the most important conditioning happening according to Grossman in Chapter 1?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, what was the solution the American military's solution after World War II to many soldiers more willing to shoot?

4. Which of the following is not a popular late Fifties novel or film that Grossman cites in Chapter 3 as a representation of a World War II vet?

5. In Chapter 3, Grossman says the western-style shooting games are similar to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three categories of atrocity as delineated in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the strange dichotomy between nudity and killing in Western culture?

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

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

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