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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Captured or wounded enemies should be treated how, unless they are dedicated counterrevolutionaries?
(a) With respect.
(b) Brutally.
(c) With torture.
(d) With distance.

3. What term refers to information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.?
(a) Sabotage.
(b) Vanguard.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Strike.

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

5. What platoon's purpose is to reinforce the vanguard unit at the head of the attack if it should lose ground?
(a) Backup platoon.
(b) Suburban platoon.
(c) Suicide platoon.
(d) Rural platoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dictator was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution?

2. The guerrilla must be careful to defend roads and other avenues of reinforcement so that his band will not be what?

3. 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"?

4. Without this revolutionary and ideological role, the guerrilla becomes nothing more than a what, according to Guevara?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the primary organizational unit of the guerrilla army? How are supplies distributed?

2. What does Guevara write of warfare of favorable ground? Where does this include?

3. What basic equipment do guerrilla soldiers carry with them?

4. How does Che Guevara define the guerrilla fighter as reformer? Who must he always be on the side of?

5. How does the guerrilla use sabotage in the war zone? How are enemy prisoners dealt with?

6. How should the guerrilla force seek to redistribute land in his reform according to Guevara?

7. What does Guevara claim the first two lessons of Guerrilla warfare are meant to address in Chapter I: General Principles of Guerrilla Warfare?

8. What are the essential strategic tools and goals of the guerrilla army according to Guevara?

9. What is the principle tactic of the guerrilla band? What are its attributes?

10. How does Guevara distinguish the suburban guerrilla from the guerrilla in the countryside?

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