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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American rifle was popular in WWII and Korea and because of its simple components and reliable construction, popular among guerrilla bands?
(a) Bazooka.
(b) AK-47.
(c) Winchester.
(d) M-1 Garand.

2. Who must be won over to the revolutionary cause before there can be any hope of victory for the revolutionary forces?
(a) The police.
(b) The government.
(c) The military.
(d) The peasants.

3. Suburban guerrillas will never arise on their own but need to be cultivated and commanded by who?
(a) City governments.
(b) City officials.
(c) Peasant brigades.
(d) Guerrilla bands in the countryside.

4. What term refers to a settled or established opinion, belief or principle?
(a) Dogma.
(b) Idiom.
(c) Fact.
(d) Regime.

5. What dictator was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution?
(a) Frederico Bontista.
(b) Benito Mussolini.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Fulgencio Batista.

6. On land that is not favorable to guerrilla warfare, namely land that lacks hills and forests, guerrilla operations will need to be what?
(a) Increased in visibility.
(b) Reduced in number.
(c) Reduced in visibility.
(d) Increased in number.

7. What refers to the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, bullets, or shells fired by guns?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Shrapnel.
(c) Arms.
(d) Vanguard.

8. Guevara notes that the guerrilla band should always be aware that their behavior is being watched and judged by whom?
(a) Their superiors.
(b) The police.
(c) The government.
(d) The peasants.

9. When did the Cuban Revolution take place?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1962.

10. A guerrilla band is made up of _____ of between 100-150 men.
(a) Platoons.
(b) Squads.
(c) Columns.
(d) Brigades.

11. What is made up of no more than 12 men led by lieutenants?
(a) Platoons.
(b) Columns.
(c) Squads.
(d) Brigades.

12. Che Guevara admits that even in many underdeveloped countries, the city dwellers tend to be what?
(a) Angry at the government.
(b) Poorer than most.
(c) More discontent.
(d) Fairly content.

13. Guevara writes that the revolutionary forces should whenever possible seize the lands and property of those opposed to the revolution and distribute the goods form that property to whom?
(a) The government.
(b) The guerrilla forces and peasants.
(c) The opposing forces.
(d) The war prisoners.

14. 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) Strategy.
(b) Tactic.
(c) Guerrilla Analysis.
(d) Warfare.

15. What word refers to capacity for producing a desired result or effect?
(a) Efficacy.
(b) Objective.
(c) Vanguard.
(d) Action.

Short Answer Questions

1. The guerrilla war begins with a small group of men, intellectuals dedicated to the revolution and dispossessed peasants who begins to lead what type of attacks on the regime?

2. The guerrilla can only settle in land that is what?

3. The final objective of the guerrilla is always what?

4. Guerrilla operations will need to occur when, according to Guevara?

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

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