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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 the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Harmonia.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Athena.
(d) Nyx.

2. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Herodotus.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

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

4. 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) Less close-raange combat.
(d) New weapons technology.

5. How many tours in Vietnam did the vet quoted in Chapter 7 serve before realizing that the killing urge was consuming him?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Grossman cite as a powerful examine of of link between violence and sex in popular culture?

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

3. Chapter 7 begins with several vets joking about raping and murdering which public figure?

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

5. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 2, what is the most effective treatment for psychiatric casualties?

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