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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 5, Killing at Edged-Weapons Range | Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 6, Killing at Hand-to-Hand Combat Range.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?
(a) Corporate layoffs.
(b) Rape.
(c) Eating meat.
(d) Urban crime.
2. According to Grossman in Chapter 3, why do most soldiers refuse to discuss their aversion to killing?
(a) To save face with others.
(b) To avoid court martial.
(c) To scare would-be challengers.
(d) To impress civilians.
3. What reason is given in Bhagavad Gita to justify killing?
(a) Killing is deliverance into heaven.
(b) Soldiers must kill or be killed.
(c) Every man chooses his own death.
(d) All men are of the same Spirit.
4. What does Grossman cite at length in Chapter 5 as a perfect amalgamation of the effects of hate on psychological state?
(a) The Hanoi HIlton.
(b) The Cambodian Killing Fields.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) The Andersonville Prison.
5. In Chapter 6, Grossman points out that hand-to-hand combat creates awareness of what?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Interconnectedness.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Savagery.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Grosman in Chapter 5, why do combatants choose the slash rather than thrust with edged weapons?
2. In regards to war, what group of people does Grossman say in Chapter 1 is most distanced in their decision-making?
3. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Grossman describe the power of the edged-weapon threat?
4. In the study cited by Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, what stimulus was applied to test dogs?
5. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?
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