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

2. In Chapter 7, what reason does Grossman give for the cultural separation between officers and enlisted men in the military?
(a) A means for instilling fear in the enlisted men.
(b) A means of maintaining a socioeconomic status quo.
(c) Allowing officers the separation to send men on dangerous missions.
(d) A way to encourage enlisted men to strive and advance.

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

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

5. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Pickett.
(c) Sherman.
(d) McClellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?

2. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?

3. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?

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

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