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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 35-40 percent.
(c) 25-30 percent.
(d) 5-10 percent.

2. According to Chapter 4, warfare is the process of giving individuals the means for what?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Strategic superiority.
(c) Self-actualization.
(d) Courage.

3. Which of the following is not an animal that Grossman uses as an example of sexual dominating behavior at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Orca.
(b) Stag.
(c) Gorilla.
(d) Ram.

4. In the study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?
(a) Rotten food.
(b) Loud noises.
(c) Extreme cold.
(d) Electric shocks.

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?
(a) The clinical definition of PTSD.
(b) The history of military psychology.
(c) The effects of killing.
(d) The past history of each man.

6. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?
(a) Interconnectedness.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Savagery.

7. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why would racially and ethnically dominant rhetoric by American leaders have been unhelpful in the Iraq War?
(a) We have a history of domestic racial oppression.
(b) Our enemies and allies were the same race.
(c) Our military is multi-racial.
(d) We have not official language or religion.

8. Which of the following is a component of Demands of Authority as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Intensity of demand to kill.
(b) Weaponry possessed by commander.
(c) Number of orders given.
(d) Personal relationship with commander.

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

10. In the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the Vietnam vet assume is on the back of the picture in Grossman's story?
(a) An address.
(b) A goodbye message.
(c) A date.
(d) Blood.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Which of the following is not a stage of Stockholm Syndrome?
(a) Victim feels antipathy to the authorities.
(b) Hostage-taker identyifies with the victim.
(c) Victim identifies with the hostage-take.
(d) Hostage-taker feels antipathy to the victim.

14. What term arose in the early 1990's to describe the new fighting techniques seen in the Gulf War?
(a) Telegraph war.
(b) Nintendo war.
(c) Calling-card war.
(d) Mail-order war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a component of Group Absolution as delineated in Chapter 1?

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?

3. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

4. In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide?

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, why is it easy for the wealthy to oppress the poor without feeling guilt?

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