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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. Which of the following is not an option for a soldier in combat that Grossman lists in Chapter 1?
(a) Posture.
(b) Submit.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Fight.

2. What does the small percentage of individuals that can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage have in common?
(a) They are often highly-educated.
(b) They are often insomniacs.
(c) They are often psychopaths or sociopaths.
(d) They often commit suicide after regular combat ends.

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

4. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) Correspondant.
(b) POW.
(c) Combatant.
(d) Civilian.

5. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?
(a) 25.
(b) 0.
(c) 13.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?

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

5. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?

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