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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. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what does the army use in rifle training?
(a) A bulls-eye.
(b) A picture of Osama bin Laden.
(c) A human sillhouette.
(d) A bowling pin.

2. In Chapter 6, Grossman indicates that an Islamic suicide bomber's authority figure is what?
(a) God.
(b) A religious leader.
(c) Himself.
(d) A terrorist cell leader.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 5, Grossman calls a soldier's choice to participate in an atrocity a what?
(a) Surrender to fear.
(b) Fool's errand.
(c) Suicidal act.
(d) Faustian bargain.

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

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, what do POW executions do to an enemy?
(a) Break their morale.
(b) Destroy their civilian support.
(c) Make them more aggressive.
(d) Give them reason to murder your POW's

Short Answer Questions

1. To what dystopian novel does Grossman compare military conditioning in Chapter 2?

2. By 1971, what percentage of evacuations from Vietnam was related to psychiatric problems?

3. Which of the following is not a popular late Fifties novel or film that Grossman cites in Chapter 3 as a representation of a World War II vet?

4. Which of the following is not a means of recuperation Grossman endorses for PTSD in Chapter 3?

5. What animal was used in Skinner's conditioning experiment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What factors contribute to a soldier's decision to commit an atrocity?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the difference between military killing training and that provided by video games?

4. What factors traditionally assist in rationalization and acceptance after combat?

5. What evidence does Grossman provide that violence among youth has increased dramatically since the 1950s?

6. How did John Foster rationalize killing a VC in Chapter 1?

7. What changes have occurred in recent years to mitigate the psychiatric casualties of Vietnam?

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

9. What are the three categories of atrocity as delineated in Chapter 1?

10. How does Grossman apply the killing process to the national mood in Chapter 2?

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