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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln recognized what in Grant?
(a) His will.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His fortitude.
(d) His skill.

2. Hitler was by all accounts ______________ class man who was frustrated, unfulfilled and resentful with his life and its circumstances.
(a) An upper.
(b) A lower middle.
(c) A lower.
(d) An upper middle.

3. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.
(a) Military Academy.
(b) Royal School.
(c) Royal Military Academy.
(d) Military Institute.

4. The year was 1862, and Grant was serving as the Commander of the District of __________________.
(a) Southern Kentucky.
(b) Eastern Indiana.
(c) Northern West Virginia.
(d) Western Tennessee.

5. Was the plan to destroy Poland before the English and French could intervene due to Hitler?
(a) Yes, mostly.
(b) No, not at all.
(c) No, not completely.
(d) Yes, completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. By mid-afternoon on April 6, nearly _______________ of Grant's army had deserted their posts and waited for a chance to escape the battlefield.

2. Hitler erected more than _____________ wartime lodgings.

3. By this time, assassination attempts had been made on Hitler's life, a fact that increased security _____________________ by staying hidden away.

4. Grant, like many other commanders, was elected to head a recruiting committee for ___________.

5. More widely believed, even if incorrectly, is what legend?

(see the answer key)

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