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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. WWII would become what for Hitler?
(a) An exciting adventure.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) His re-creation of WWI, only with Germany arising victorious.
(d) Revenge for the death of his mother.

2. Was the Blitzkrieg of Hitler's invention?
(a) Not completely.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Mostly.

3. Wellington was well known for having _____________ routine, which is credited for much of his success in planning campaigns.
(a) An unvarying.
(b) An often changing.
(c) An exciting.
(d) An unusual.

4. Once Wellington took the reins, he had participated in an average of how many battles per year, not counting the years taken off during peacetime or tending to other duties?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?
(a) In the London Times.
(b) In the New York Times.
(c) In the London Chronicle.
(d) In the Paris Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.

2. Did Hitler occupy any of these grandiose lodgings?

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

4. Keegan outlines Hitler's strategies and includes pertinent information from various sources, including notes from a conference in ___________________.

5. At best, Grant's troops could evade and stall until help arrived from another Union battalion located _________ miles away, a distance that would take half a day to cover.

(see the answer key)

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