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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 2, what civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?
(a) Urban crime.
(b) Corporate layoffs.
(c) Rape.
(d) Eating meat.

2. In the study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?
(a) Electric shocks.
(b) Loud noises.
(c) Rotten food.
(d) Extreme cold.

3. In Chapter 4, what World War II battle does Grossman cite as an example of hunger deciding combat?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Midway.
(c) Stalingrad.
(d) Iwo Jima.

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

5. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?
(a) They used the blunt end of them.
(b) They attached them upside down.
(c) They used them as hand weapons.
(d) They removed them completely.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?

4. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

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

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