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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3,Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 5, Killing at Edged-Weapons Range | Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 6, Killing at Hand-to-Hand Combat Range.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?
(a) New weapons technology.
(b) Less close-raange combat.
(c) Military conditioning practices.
(d) The end of the draft.

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

3. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Lack of control.
(b) Proximity to human maliciousness.
(c) Lack of order.
(d) Proximity to death.

4. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. What occurs as a result of exhaustion after the 60-day mark of continuous combat?
(a) Muscle atrophy.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Death.
(d) Narcolepsy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?

5. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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