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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. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Savagery.
(d) Interconnectedness.

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?
(a) To scare would-be challengers.
(b) To impress civilians.
(c) To save face with others.
(d) To avoid court martial.

3. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) Combatant.
(b) POW.
(c) Correspondant.
(d) Civilian.

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

5. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Pickett.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Jackson.
(d) McClellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?

2. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?

3. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?

4. In Chapter 2, what civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?

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

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