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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 7, Killing at Sexual Range: | Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 1, The Demands of Authority: Milgram and the Military.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?
(a) Savage.
(b) Minimal.
(c) Dainty.
(d) Sexual.

2. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?
(a) Russ Meyer pictures.
(b) Miami Vice.
(c) Girls-with-guns videos.
(d) Dead teenager slasher films.

3. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Babylon.

4. According to Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?
(a) It can be done while moving.
(b) It creates a radius of safety.
(c) It wounds rather than kills.
(d) It is a simpler motion.

5. In Chapter 7, an anonymous soldier compares what horrific incident to masturbation?
(a) The My Lai massacre.
(b) The Battle of Shiloh.
(c) The Cultural Revolution.
(d) The Katyn massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war did Lord Moran fight?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, what is the immediate reaction to killing from a soldier?

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

4. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?

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

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