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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. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?
(a) Always on top.
(b) Breath and blood.
(c) Deflect and deliver.
(d) Hard to soft.

2. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Grossman say psychiatrists need to explore to treat traumatized servicemen?
(a) The history of military psychology.
(b) The past history of each man.
(c) The clinical definition of PTSD.
(d) The effects of killing.

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

4. In what war did Lord Moran fight?
(a) The Rhodesian Wars.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Falklands War.
(d) The Civil War.

5. 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 insomniacs.
(b) They are often highly-educated.
(c) They often commit suicide after regular combat ends.
(d) They are often psychopaths or sociopaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, the story of the soldier who kills a young enemy and immediately breaks down crying takes place in what country?

2. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, who is often given the cold shoulder in the military?

3. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?

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

(see the answer key)

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