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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. What was the first crew-served weapon?
(a) The phalanx.
(b) The artillery gun.
(c) The chariot.
(d) The submarine.

2. What great advance in military technology did Gustavus Adolphus create?
(a) The portable cannon.
(b) The automatic rifle.
(c) The chain gun.
(d) The black powder rifle.

3. According to the DSM, when is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder most severe?
(a) When it happens in peacetime.
(b) When the trauma was caused by a person.
(c) When it happens in wartime.
(d) When the victim was severely injured.

4. According to Grossman in Chapter 8, what varies widely regarding those who recover from mental trauma after killing in combat?
(a) Desire for recovery.
(b) Level of recovery.
(c) Outlet for recovery.
(d) Time needed for recovery.

5. In the mythology cited at the end of Chapter 7, who is born of the marriage of Aries and Aphrodite?
(a) Harmonia.
(b) Nyx.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 6, Grossman says that what can provide a sudden injection of fortitude into a unit of men?

2. Freud, as quoted in Chapter 1, stresses the ascendancy of man's desire to what?

3. In Chapter 2, what civilian activity does Grossman use to illustrate the distance-guilt relationship?

4. In Chapter 8, what term does Grossman use to refer to those who have killed in war?

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

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