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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Harmonia.
(c) Nyx.
(d) Athena.

2. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?
(a) Hard to soft.
(b) Deflect and deliver.
(c) Always on top.
(d) Breath and blood.

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, what is the primary duty of the leader of a Greek phalanx?
(a) The deliver orders.
(b) To fight with the men.
(c) To reform the formation when someone fell.
(d) The stategize behind lines.

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?
(a) Denial.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Depression.
(d) Euphoria.

5. In Chapter 4, what World War II battle does Grossman cite as an example of hunger deciding combat?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Midway.
(c) Iwo Jima.
(d) Normandy.

6. 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.

7. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Lack of control.
(b) Proximity to human maliciousness.
(c) Lack of order.
(d) Proximity to death.

8. In the World War II study cited in Chapter 1, how much would soldier firing decrease when leadership was not nearby?
(a) 15-20 percent.
(b) 5-10 percent.
(c) 35-40 percent.
(d) 25-30 percent.

9. In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide?
(a) Phillipines.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) East Timor.

10. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?
(a) They used them as hand weapons.
(b) They attached them upside down.
(c) They used the blunt end of them.
(d) They removed them completely.

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

12. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 0.
(d) 25.

13. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Sherman.
(b) McClellen.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Pickett.

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

15. What occurs as a result of exhaustion after the 60-day mark of continuous combat?
(a) Narcolepsy.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Death.
(d) Muscle atrophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?

2. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?

3. In what war did Lord Moran fight?

4. Which of the following is not a sign of psychological trauma discussed in Chapter 1?

5. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?

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