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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wherever the guerrilla band does operate, Guevara notes that one of its goals should be constant what of the population around it?

2. What is the title for a commander of smaller groups of about 40 or 50 men within a guerrilla army?

3. What word refers to capacity for producing a desired result or effect?

4. The guerrilla must always act in the spirit of what, according to Guevara?

5. Who must be won over to the revolutionary cause before there can be any hope of victory for the revolutionary forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are ways in which the guerrilla is responsible to the peasants in his reform?

2. What must the guerrilla bear in the countryside? What must he always be aware of among the peasants?

3. What must the guerrilla carefully defend in the fighting zone? Why?

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

5. How is a guerrilla army organized? What are the names of the units in the army?

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

7. How must the guerrilla force adapt to warfare on unfavorable ground? When do strikes occur?

8. Why does Guevara assert the guerrilla finds better recruits in the countryside?

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

10. How does Guevara describe the beginning of a guerrilla movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the war zones of two different military operations in history, examining each from the perspective of the guerrilla fighter. Which war zones have proven to be the most advantageous to revolutionary forces in the past? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the structure and organization of the guerrilla army. How many units are there and how many men in each unit? What is the most basic unit and who heads each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the early stages of the guerrilla movement in Cuba. Where did the movement begin in Cuba? How does Fidel Castro represent the ideal leader for a revolution according to Guevara's definition?

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