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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. What refers to a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, the end of wage labor and private property?

2. Guevara writes that "what ought never to be done is to employ specially trained, heroic, self-sacrificing human beings in eliminating a" what?

3. Guerrilla bands have in the past underutilized who, according to Guevara?

4. What does Guevara write should be jealously guarded within the guerrilla organization?

5. What, according to Guevara, should be stored in dispersed locations in the guerrilla zone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is key in beginning a successful revolution, according to Guevara in the appendices?

2. What establishments are important to develop once extensive zones of operation are established?

3. What created the greatest unrest among the old regime after Castro's rise to power? Why?

4. How does Guevara distinguish the guerrilla army from that of a regular army?

5. How does Guevara broach the subject of the screening of recruits?

6. How does dedication protect the revolution, according to Guevara?

7. What state-run organizations did Castro install in Cuba? How were old laws regarded?

8. How should the revolutionary army seek to protect itself against counter-revolutionaries, according to Guevara?

9. With how few men is it possible to begin a revolution, according to Guevara? Where are headquarters and arms located in the movement?

10. How does training progress throughout the guerrilla movement, according to Guevara?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the physical, mental and emotional qualities that a guerrilla must possess, according to Guevara. Why is it ideal for the guerrilla to originate from the region in which he fights?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term "propaganda" and identify its use within a guerrilla movement. What is the goal of propaganda?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the importance of "the ideal" as described in the text. Is the ideal for Guevara tied to Marxism? Is the ideal relative to agrarian reform?

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