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

2. In Chapter 2, what is significant about the Civil War muskets examined by Grossman?
(a) They are loaded without pellets.
(b) They are loaded multiple times.
(c) They are unloaded.
(d) They are loaded without powder.

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?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. According to Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?
(a) It is a simpler motion.
(b) It wounds rather than kills.
(c) It creates a radius of safety.
(d) It can be done while moving.

5. What does Gossman say edged weapons produce effectively at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Fear.
(b) Death.
(c) Dismemberment.
(d) Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great advance in military technology did Gustavus Adolphus create?

2. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 1, what is not widely known about CW Whittlesley, the commander of the Lost Battalion?

3. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?

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

5. How many days can a soldier remain in combat before psychological trauma begins to manifest itself?

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