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

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

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

4. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Herodotus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?

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

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

4. At the end of Chapter 4, what physical reaction to exhaustion and hunger does Grossman cite?

5. What occurs as a result of exhaustion after the 60-day mark of continuous combat?

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