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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 3, Emotional Distance:.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What fear did Saddam Hussein seize upon to hold on to power, as discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) A Kurdish secession.
(b) A Shiite backlash.
(c) A US invasion.
(d) Iranian influx.

3. What term arose in the early 1990's to describe the new fighting techniques seen in the Gulf War?
(a) Calling-card war.
(b) Mail-order war.
(c) Nintendo war.
(d) Telegraph war.

4. What famous study is cited at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Pavlov's dog experiments.
(b) The Yale "electroshock" study.
(c) The Stanford "prison" study.
(d) The Tuskegee Institute syphilis studies.

5. According to Grossman in Chapter 1, why is it easy for the wealthy to oppress the poor without feeling guilt?
(a) They think they are helping to motivate the poor to work.
(b) Theydo not consider the poor people.
(c) They do not see the effects of the oppression.
(d) The wealthy do not feel guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide?

2. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?

3. In the Crimean War anecdote in Chapter 1, what do the soldiers do when confronted with an enemy at ten paces?

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

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

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