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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. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?
(a) Vitamin supplements.
(b) Boot camp prep.
(c) Extra rations.
(d) Field manuals.

2. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?
(a) Always on top.
(b) Deflect and deliver.
(c) Breath and blood.
(d) Hard to soft.

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?
(a) Body tremors.
(b) Organ failure.
(c) Ulcers.
(d) Involuntary urination.

4. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?
(a) The Hanoi HIlton.
(b) The Cambodian Killing Fields.
(c) The Andersonville Prison.
(d) The Holocaust.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?
(a) Warfare.
(b) The twentieth century.
(c) Humans.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?

3. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?

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

5. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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