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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) Vulnerability.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Interconnectedness.
(d) Savagery.

2. 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 Holocaust.
(c) The Cambodian Killing Fields.
(d) The Andersonville Prison.

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) Civilian.
(d) Correspondant.

4. In what war did Lord Moran fight?
(a) The Falklands War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Rhodesian Wars.
(d) World War I.

5. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?
(a) Victory.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Rest.
(d) New leadership.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?

3. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

4. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?

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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