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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 7, Killing at Sexual Range: | Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 1, The Demands of Authority: Milgram and the Military.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which Roman leader and writer does Grossman quote in Chapter 4?
(a) Herodotus.
(b) Tacitus.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

4. How many days can a soldier remain in combat before psychological trauma begins to manifest itself?
(a) 150.
(b) 10.
(c) 200.
(d) 60.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a sign of psychological trauma discussed in Chapter 1?

3. In the World War II stories of Chapter 4, what do soldiers do to avoid killing?

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

5. In Chapter 7, what reason does Grossman give for the cultural separation between officers and enlisted men in the military?

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