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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. According to Grossman at the end of Chapter 5, on which individual are the affects of horror in combat most psychologically damaging?
(a) Civilian.
(b) POW.
(c) Correspondant.
(d) Combatant.

2. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?
(a) Nothing.
(b) New leadership.
(c) Victory.
(d) Rest.

3. In Chapter 2, what tactic does Grossman describe as key to training soldiers to fire in combat?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Encouragement.
(c) Education.
(d) Drilling.

4. According to Grossman at the beginning of Chapter 5, what produces actual terror in really dangerous situations?
(a) Lack of control.
(b) Proximity to human maliciousness.
(c) Lack of order.
(d) Proximity to death.

5. What percentage of the population can sustain more than a few months duty without sustaining long-term mental damage?
(a) 13.
(b) 25.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Grossman says what two stimuli most often impel soldiers to kill?

2. What did military analysts in World War II predict about the result of civilian bombings?

3. What percentage of casualties did cannon fire comprise in many Civil War battles?

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 2, who is often given the cold shoulder in the military?

5. In Chapter 7, Grossman says what has made killing easier for soldiers?

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