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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. Which of the following is not a sign of psychological trauma discussed in Chapter 1?
(a) Obsessional and Compulsive States.
(b) Sporadic Violence.
(c) Fatigue States.
(d) Character Disorders.

2. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?
(a) Psychiatric casualties would be equal to those with soldiers.
(b) Psychiatric casualties would be fewer than with soldiers.
(c) Psychiatric casualties would be worse than with soldiers.
(d) Psychiatric casualties would be nonexistent.

3. Early in Chapter 2, Grossman quotes a researcher who say that most soldier's relationship with their comrades are stronger than with whom?
(a) Their children.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their parents.

4. In the Crimean War anecdote in Chapter 1, what do the soldiers do when confronted with an enemy at ten paces?
(a) They shake hands.
(b) They surrender.
(c) They throw rocks.
(d) They bayonet them.

5. What term does Grossman use in Chapter 6 to indicate the method one uses to kill in hand-to-hand-combat?
(a) Hard to soft.
(b) Deflect and deliver.
(c) Always on top.
(d) Breath and blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conversion did most military personnel make to their bayonets in combat?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, an Israeli study says a hostage is much more likely to die if what?

5. In Chapter 1, Grossman cites a study which says vets are most likely to fire when?

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