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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. According to Grossman in Chapter 7, how long can guilt over killing last?
(a) Months.
(b) Hours.
(c) Days.
(d) A lifetime.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Grossman says he will only discover the distance guilt relationship as it concerns what?
(a) Warfare.
(b) America.
(c) The twentieth century.
(d) Humans.

3. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?
(a) When it happens in peacetime.
(b) When it happens in wartime.
(c) When the victim was severely injured.
(d) When the trauma was caused by a person.

4. In Chapter 1, Grossman reveals that the majority of active World War II soldiers did what?
(a) Declined to fire their weapons.
(b) Learned German.
(c) Self-harm.
(d) Released prisoners-of-war.

5. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?
(a) Generals.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Petty officers.
(d) Contractors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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