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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?
(a) To avoid court martial.
(b) To scare would-be challengers.
(c) To save face with others.
(d) To impress civilians.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?
(a) Humans.
(b) Warfare.
(c) America.
(d) The twentieth century.

3. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) The Andersonville Prison.
(c) The Cambodian Killing Fields.
(d) The Hanoi HIlton.

4. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?
(a) Girls-with-guns videos.
(b) Dead teenager slasher films.
(c) Miami Vice.
(d) Russ Meyer pictures.

5. What do most historians agree was the key to the Roman military model's success?
(a) Strong leadership.
(b) Light, flexible armor.
(c) Political legitimacy.
(d) Longer spears.

6. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?
(a) Learned German.
(b) Released prisoners-of-war.
(c) Self-harm.
(d) Declined to fire their weapons.

7. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Dismemberment.
(b) Fear.
(c) Movement.
(d) Death.

8. In the story at the beginning of Chapter 3, what percentage of soldiers questioned said they were certain they had killed even one enemy in combat?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

9. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?
(a) Organ failure.
(b) Body tremors.
(c) Involuntary urination.
(d) Ulcers.

10. Freud, as quoted in Chapter 1, stresses the ascendancy of man's desire to what?
(a) Reproduce.
(b) Obey.
(c) Be validated.
(d) Prove himself.

11. According to Grossman in Chapter 8, what varies widely regarding those who recover from mental trauma after killing in combat?
(a) Desire for recovery.
(b) Level of recovery.
(c) Outlet for recovery.
(d) Time needed for recovery.

12. What is the unifying element that links all of the coping tactics in Chapter 3?
(a) Enibriation.
(b) Experience.
(c) Distance.
(d) Trance.

13. In Chapter 1, Grossman cites a study which says vets are most likely to fire when?
(a) When under-slept.
(b) When soldiers around them fire.
(c) When ordered to.
(d) When fired upon.

14. Aside from officers, which individuals are often killed in combat for their toll on morale?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Wives.
(c) Flagbearers.
(d) Young recruits.

15. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) POW.
(b) Civilian.
(c) Correspondant.
(d) Combatant.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?

2. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?

3. Why does fight-or-flight not come into play in a battle situation?

4. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?

5. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?

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