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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main advantage of a guerrilla force over a conventional force is its flexibility and what?
(a) Weaponry.
(b) Large size.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Mobility.

2. In some types of especially harsh terrain, the guerrilla will be able to engage the enemy longer because the terrain can enhance the ____ of the guerrilla.
(a) Mobility.
(b) Dexterity.
(c) Tactics.
(d) Strategy.

3. What refers to a weapon made from a sealed container with three parts of kerosene to one part of motor oil ignited with a cloth soaked in kerosene?
(a) Mortar shell.
(b) Pipe bomb.
(c) Molotov Cocktail.
(d) C-4.

4. When was Che Guevara born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1919.

5. Guevara states that even if the guerrilla possesses the requisite skills and physical qualities, he will need what to keep him motivated and to endure the hardships that await him?
(a) Money.
(b) Family communication.
(c) An ideal.
(d) Prayer.

6. Che Guevara notes that the revolutionary must always be on the side of whom?
(a) The people.
(b) The authorities.
(c) The government.
(d) The opposition.

7. What refers to a guard often posted around the guerrilla camp to notify sleeping troops of any kind of breach in the camp's perimeter?
(a) Regiment.
(b) Regime.
(c) Vanguard.
(d) Sentinel.

8. What does Guevara define as "the analysis of the objectives to be achieved in the light of the total military situation and the overall ways of reaching these objectives"?
(a) Guerrilla Analysis.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Tactic.

9. What refers to the head commander of a guerrilla column and will have up to 150 men under his command as well as several captains and lieutenants under him?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Captain.
(c) Commandante.
(d) Officer.

10. Each squad and the members of each squad carry what with them?
(a) A shield.
(b) A change of clothes.
(c) A weapon.
(d) All of their equipment.

11. Guevara writes, "The enemy soldier in a zone of operations ought not to be allowed to" what?
(a) Fire weapons.
(b) Escape.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Communicate.

12. What term refers to a revolutionary fighter who lives in camps and fights the revolutionary war against the old regime?
(a) Guerrilla.
(b) Confederate.
(c) Utilitarian.
(d) Rebel.

13. What is the first of the three fundamental lessons that the Cuban Revolution contributed to the conduct of revolutionary movements in America according to Guevara?
(a) War should be fought in the countryside.
(b) War can be fought on any ground.
(c) War can be fought without money.
(d) Popular forces can win a war against the army.

14. What sleeping device is useful in the jungle because it keeps the guerrilla off the wet jungle floor?
(a) Sleeping pad.
(b) Cot.
(c) Hammock.
(d) Tent.

15. What term refers to a concerted stopping of work or withdrawal of workers' services, as to compel an employer to accede to workers' demands or in protest?
(a) Strike.
(b) Liquidation.
(c) Vanguard.
(d) Embargo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whatever the type of terrain a fighter fights on, Guevara maintains that the __________ of the guerrilla should never change.

2. What term refers to information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.?

3. What refers to an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread?

4. Most guerrilla strikes must be made quickly so that the enemy does not have time to do what?

5. What is the title of the direct commander over a squad in a guerrilla army?

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