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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the tools that the guerrilla uses in fighting, in most cases involving guns and knives?
(a) Vanguard.
(b) Armaments.
(c) Shrapnel.
(d) Ammunition.

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

3. What refers a region of the Americas where Romance languages -- particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French - are primarily spoken?
(a) Indio-America.
(b) North America.
(c) Latin America.
(d) South America.

4. The guerrilla must always act in the spirit of what, according to Guevara?
(a) Godliness.
(b) Duty.
(c) Respect.
(d) Adaptability.

5. 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) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Officer.
(d) Commandante.

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

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

8. The guerrilla can only settle in land that is what?
(a) Inhospitable.
(b) Near water.
(c) Flat.
(d) Inclined.

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

10. What unit of a guerrilla army does a commandante command?
(a) Brigade.
(b) Squad.
(c) Troop.
(d) Column.

11. Guerrilla operations will need to occur when, according to Guevara?
(a) In the morning.
(b) At night.
(c) At mealtime.
(d) In daylight.

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

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

14. A guerrilla army is organized into units of 100-150 men is called what?
(a) Columns.
(b) Squads.
(c) Brigades.
(d) Troops.

15. Guevara writes that above all, the guerrilla fighter is what kind of revolutionary?
(a) Urban.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Civilian.
(d) Agrarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In many areas, the guerrilla cannot rely on the help of which group, because reprisals from the state are often so violent that their loyalty cannot be assured?

2. Guevara writes, "The enemy soldier in a zone of operations ought not to be allowed to" what?

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

4. What refers to a device containing a charge of explosive in a watertight casing, floating on or moored beneath the surface of the water for the purpose of blowing up an enemy ship that strikes it or passes close by it?

5. 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?

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