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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. What did Lincoln proclaim about Grant?
(a) The need for this will.
(b) The need for his fortitude.
(c) The need for his skills.
(d) The need for his intelligence.

2. Also included in the chapter are maps of which of Grant's conquests?
(a) At Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
(b) At Shiloh and Gettysburg.
(c) At Shiloh and Vicksburg.
(d) At Gettysburg and Vicksburg.

3. How long did Wellington spend in India?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Thirteen years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

4. On what did Clausewitz focus?
(a) The reparations that must take place after a battle.
(b) Occupation of the capital.
(c) The end of the battle.
(d) The battlefield.

5. Was staying hidden terrible to Hitler?
(a) Yes, because he missed the attention from the crowds.
(b) No, because he was ascinated by the machine that was the Catholic Church.
(c) No, because he no longer wanted to be out in public.
(d) Yes, because he wanted to be seen by his people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Included in Chapter Five are several photos and renderings of Grant, including a portrait and whose surrender at Vicksburg?

3. ___________________, a contemporary of Wellington's from Calcutta, described the man thus: "He was all life and spirits. In height he was about 5 feet 7 inches (in fact nearer 5 feet 10 inches) with a long pale face, a remarkably large aquiline nose, a clear blue eye and the blackest beard I ever saw" (p. 106).

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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