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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) Extra rations.
(c) Boot camp prep.
(d) Field manuals.

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, why is it easy for the wealthy to oppress the poor without feeling guilt?
(a) The wealthy do not feel guilt.
(b) They do not see the effects of the oppression.
(c) Theydo not consider the poor people.
(d) They think they are helping to motivate the poor to work.

3. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?
(a) An official fiction.
(b) Everybody's sin.
(c) A secret under the rug.
(d) A conspiracy of silence.

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

5. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?
(a) Expectations and coercions.
(b) Fear and anger.
(c) Guilt and training.
(d) Psychological disorders and prejudices.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?

5. In what war did Lord Moran fight?

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