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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 1, Distance: A Qualitative Distinction in Death | Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 2, Killing at Maximum and Long Range: Never a Need for Repentance or Regret.

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) Victory.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Rest.

2. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 2, what is the most effective treatment for psychiatric casualties?
(a) Freudian therapy.
(b) Time away from combat.
(c) Jungian therapy.
(d) Medication.

3. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?
(a) Psychiatric casualties would be equal to those with soldiers.
(b) Psychiatric casualties would be nonexistent.
(c) Psychiatric casualties would be worse than with soldiers.
(d) Psychiatric casualties would be fewer than with soldiers.

4. How many days can a soldier remain in combat before psychological trauma begins to manifest itself?
(a) 60.
(b) 150.
(c) 200.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

2. What percentage of casualties did cannon fire comprise in many Civil War battles?

3. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?

4. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?

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

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