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

2. What was the first crew-served weapon?
(a) The artillery gun.
(b) The phalanx.
(c) The submarine.
(d) The chariot.

3. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Pretend to be dead.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Surrender to German troops.

4. What famous study is cited at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Tuskegee Institute syphilis studies.
(b) The Stanford "prison" study.
(c) Pavlov's dog experiments.
(d) The Yale "electroshock" study.

5. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?
(a) Every man chooses his own death.
(b) Soldiers must kill or be killed.
(c) Killing is deliverance into heaven.
(d) All men are of the same Spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. How many days can a soldier remain in combat before psychological trauma begins to manifest itself?

3. In the study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?

4. In Chapter 7, Grossman says what has made killing easier for soldiers?

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Lost Battalion's experience behind lines.

2. What is surprising about the study cited in Chapter 1 regarding what compels soldiers to shoot?

3. As described in Chapter 2, why are snipers given the cold shoulder in the military?

4. What inefficiency of edged-weapon combat does Grossman reveal in Chapter 5?

5. How was the Roman centurion model more effective than the Greek phalanx, according to Grossman?

6. What are the primary components of Exhaustion as outlined in Chapter 3?

7. In Chapter 7, what comparison does Grossman draw between firing a gun and masturbation?

8. What societal and moral tenets cause guilt in an individual who has killed in a war?

9. What is the silent conspiracy does Grossman discuss in Chapter 4?

10. What does hard-to-soft mean?

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