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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. Between which two stages of the killing process is a murder-suicide fluctuating, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) Killing and remorse.
(b) Remorse and rationalization.
(c) Exhilaration and revulsion.
(d) Concern and acceptance.

2. As related in Chapter 5, Stellman and Stellman studied what?
(a) Just war theory.
(b) The killing process.
(c) Military suicides.
(d) PTSD.

3. What unacceptable practice was included in military training in 1975?
(a) Quick executions.
(b) Looting.
(c) Rape.
(d) Torture of prisoners.

4. In Chapter 1, what weapon does Grossman use as an example of a homemade killing implement?
(a) A sawed-off shotgun.
(b) A shiv.
(c) An IED.
(d) A spring gun.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why is the struggle to train young men to kill a lopsided struggle?
(a) Armies have had thousands of years to develop.
(b) The army is poorly staffed and funded.
(c) Young men are naturally disposed to be aggressive.
(d) Killing is against human instinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. As described in Chapter 5, natural warriors are able to kill without what?

2. Which of the following is not an item that aids in rationalization and acceptance as delineated at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Which of the following is not a psychological process for enabling killing as set out in Chapter 1?

4. Where did the VFW Hall story at the beginning of Chapter 1 take place?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 4, Grossman says the highest estimate for the number of Vietnam vets with PTSD is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the strange story of the CIA guard at the end of Chapter 1?

2. According to Grossman, why do young people idolize entertainment figures more than police and politicians?

3. How does Grossman explain murder-suicide in terms of the killing process in Chapter 2?

4. As described in Chapter 2, how do children progress through increasingly violent entertainment?

5. In Chapter 6, what factors contribute to a soldier's decision to kill in the chart presented and discussed?

6. Describe the strange dichotomy between nudity and killing in Western culture?

7. What examples from Chapter 6 illustrate a problematic relationship with women in the military?

8. What separates a natural warrior from a psychopath?

9. What is the Weinberger Doctrine?

10. What solution did the American military devise to deal with low firing rates in World War II?

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