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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Dainty.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Savage.

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?
(a) They are loaded multiple times.
(b) They are loaded without powder.
(c) They are unloaded.
(d) They are loaded without pellets.

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. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Petty officers.
(c) Contractors.
(d) Generals.

9. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?
(a) Psychiatric casualties would be nonexistent.
(b) Psychiatric casualties would be equal to those with soldiers.
(c) Psychiatric casualties would be fewer than with soldiers.
(d) Psychiatric casualties would be worse than with soldiers.

10. In the Crimean War anecdote in Chapter 1, what do the soldiers do when confronted with an enemy at ten paces?
(a) They shake hands.
(b) They bayonet them.
(c) They surrender.
(d) They throw rocks.

11. In combat, Grossman says in Chapter 4 that the two entities individuals most want to defend are what?
(a) Self and country.
(b) Family and comrades.
(c) Self and comrades.
(d) Self and family.

12. In terms of effective leadership, what disadvantage do mercenaries and gang leaders have?
(a) Their men traditionally try to unseat them.
(b) They do not have formal education or training.
(c) They are asking their men to commit illegal acts.
(d) They traditionally do not work their way through the ranks.

13. Near the end of Chapter 1, Grossman cites a political cartoon criticizing what American commander?
(a) LeMai.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Patton.

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

15. Which of the following is not a component of Group Absolution as delineated in Chapter 1?
(a) Age of group members.
(b) Intensity of support to kill.
(c) Number in immediate group.
(d) Legitimacy of group.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 8, what varies widely regarding those who recover from mental trauma after killing in combat?

3. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?

4. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?

5. In Chapter 7, what reason does Grossman give for the cultural separation between officers and enlisted men in the military?

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