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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 does Grossman credit with reducing the number of homicides in America in Chapter 1?
(a) Improved economic conditions.
(b) Better medical technology.
(c) Community outreach.
(d) Gun control laws.

2. 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?
(a) Psychological bombardment.
(b) An all-volunteer army.
(c) Advances in rifle firing range.
(d) More careful recruiting screening.

3. What story does Grossman end Chapter 4 with?
(a) An Iraq vet's return home.
(b) An interchange at a VFW hall.
(c) A firebombing in the Pacific campaign.
(d) A firefight in Vietnam.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does a soldier's guilt following an atrocity become completely unavoidable?

2. What percentage of the population qualifies as a natural warrior?

3. In Vietnam, about how many sniper rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the Weinberger Doctrine?

7. What surprising insight into Vietnam does RB Anderson make in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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