View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Guerilla Band (3 Organization of a Guerilla Band, 4 The Combat, 5 Beginning, Development, and end of a Guerilla War).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Guevara notes that in underdeveloped Latin America ______________ is the best place for fighting a revolution.
(a) The water.
(b) The city.
(c) The countryside.
(d) The suburbs.

2. What refers to an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread?
(a) Tank.
(b) Bazooka.
(c) Vanguard.
(d) M-37.

3. As the revolutionary band grows, it must seek out more and more supplies and attempt to create _____ groups that can capture supplies and increase disruption of the regime through sabotage.
(a) Civilian.
(b) Rural.
(c) Suburban.
(d) Urban.

4. Most guerrilla strikes must be made quickly so that the enemy does not have time to do what?
(a) Communicate.
(b) Retaliate.
(c) Strategize.
(d) Rearm.

5. In Chapter 1 General Principles of Guerrilla Warfare, Guevara writes, "An attitude of resistance finally crystallizes in an outbreak of fighting, provoked initially by the conduct of" whom?
(a) The people.
(b) The opposing government.
(c) The military.
(d) The authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Combat should only be engaged when the possibility of what is ensured?

2. According to Guevara, ideally the guerrilla fighter will be an inhabitant of what?

3. What refers to a shoulder mounted rocket launcher, extremely effective as an anti-tank weapon?

4. What refers to a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack?

5. What refers to a plan, procedure, or expedient for promoting a desired end or result?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample