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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. How does the military normally deal with the problem of exhaustion in combat?
(a) Extra rations.
(b) Field manuals.
(c) Boot camp prep.
(d) Vitamin supplements.

2. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Proximity to human maliciousness.
(b) Proximity to death.
(c) Lack of order.
(d) Lack of control.

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

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

5. What percentage of casualties did cannon fire comprise in many Civil War battles?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 23.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?

3. Why does fight-or-flight not come into play in a battle situation?

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 7, how long can guilt over killing last?

5. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?

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