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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. 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) Allowing officers the separation to send men on dangerous missions.
(c) A means of maintaining a socioeconomic status quo.
(d) A way to encourage enlisted men to strive and advance.

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

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what reason does Grossman give for the increase in firing and killing in recent wars?
(a) The end of the draft.
(b) Military conditioning practices.
(c) New weapons technology.
(d) Less close-raange combat.

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

5. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?
(a) Pretend to be dead.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Surrender to German troops.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what tactic does Grossman describe as key to training soldiers to fire in combat?

2. In Chapter 7, Grossman says what has made killing easier for soldiers?

3. In the story at the beginning of Chapter 3, what percentage of soldiers questioned said they were certain they had killed even one enemy in combat?

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

5. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?

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