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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 1, Distance: A Qualitative Distinction in Death | Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 2, Killing at Maximum and Long Range: Never a Need for Repentance or Regret.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?
(a) Fear and anger.
(b) Guilt and training.
(c) Psychological disorders and prejudices.
(d) Expectations and coercions.

2. With what term does Grossman describe the reticence of the military to discuss non-firing in Chapter 3?
(a) A conspiracy of silence.
(b) A secret under the rug.
(c) An official fiction.
(d) Everybody's sin.

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

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 7, how long can guilt over killing last?
(a) Days.
(b) A lifetime.
(c) Hours.
(d) Months.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Civil War officer does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?

4. What city did King Sennacherib destroy?

5. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?

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