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

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what does the army use in rifle training?
(a) A bowling pin.
(b) A human sillhouette.
(c) A picture of Osama bin Laden.
(d) A bulls-eye.

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

4. In Vietnam, about how many rounds did it take to kill one enemy soldier?
(a) 11,000./
(b) 50,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 150.

5. In Chapter 2, what advice do German World War I vets give World War II recruits?
(a) Go AWOL near the Swiss border.
(b) Surrender to the Americans.
(c) Do not distinguish between civilian and enemy.
(d) Kill any Russian you encounter.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what dystopian novel does Grossman compare military conditioning in Chapter 2?

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

3. In Chapter 1, what weapon does Grossman use as an example of a homemade killing implement?

4. Which of the following is not a psychological process for enabling killing as set out in Chapter 1?

5. How were tours of duty different in Vietnam compared to other wars?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What separates a natural warrior from a psychopath?

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

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

8. How does Grossman apply the killing process to the national mood in Chapter 2?

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

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

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