On Killing Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Dave Grossman (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

On Killing Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Dave Grossman (author)
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?

2. Which of the following is not an animal that Grossman uses as an example of sexual dominating behavior at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

4. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?

5. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprising fact regarding soldier's fears in combat is revealed in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 4, what philosophical and literary justifications for killing does Grossman cite?

3. What does hard-to-soft mean?

4. How does Grossman use his distance-guilt corollary to explain the oppression of the poor in Chapter 1?

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

6. How did military predictions regarding civilian bombings and psychiatric casualties prove completely wrong in World War II?

7. Describe the Vietnam story of Chapter 4.

8. What is a crew-served weapon?

9. How is the dissuasive potential of familiarity discussed in Chapter 4?

10. How did mechanical distance change the perception of war in the 1990's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of Grossman's book is dedicated to explaining how the Vietnam War was rifer with psychiatric casualties than any previous war. Write an essay comparing the Vietnam conflict to previous conflicts in several regards. What factors were in play that made it more detrimental to servicemen? What support did they lack, on the whole? In essence, how did these failings manifest themselves, and have they since been addressed?

Part 1) Unit cohesion

Part 2) Mature, experienced leadership

Part 3) Public validation upon return

Essay Topic 2

One of the tools that Grossman uses incredibly effectively in ON KILLING is the anecdote. Frequently throughout the book, he will illustrate a trend denoted by statistics and data by incorporating an appropriate war story. In an essay, choose three such war stories and analyze them. What trend in warfare do they illustrate? How do they subvert the tradition of war stories? Do they add an emotional underpinning to the policy speak of the remainder of the text?

Essay Topic 3

In the first sections of ON KILLING, Dave Grossman discusses how a myriad of causes are often cited for causing psychiatric casualties in combat. He goes through them an refutes all by the trauma of killing. Write a three part essay in which you discuss the argument for and against several of these potential causes. What effect does each cause have on a soldier in combat? How has this manifested itself in the field? What argument does Grossman use to refute the assertion that it is the primary cause of psychiatric casualties?

Part 1) Exhaustion.

Part 2) Fear.

Part 3) Hate.

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