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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says, "Few today think of Hitler as a soldier. But it was as a soldier, quite as much as a politician or ____________ - the strangest of his delusions - that he thought of himself" (p. 235).
(a) A musician.
(b) An actor.
(c) An artist.
(d) A dancer.

2. The Battle of Shiloh was a surprise to the northerners. Why?
(a) They did not know there was an army nearby.
(b) They were not very intelligent.
(c) They did not know the country was in war.
(d) They were exhausted and poorly prepared.

3. Should a leader today be unheroic?
(a) No.
(b) Often.
(c) Yes.
(d) Sometimes.

4. Keegan outlines Wellington's daily schedule, which included just __________ hours of sleep and supreme focus.
(a) A couple of.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. Describe Olympias.
(a) Not demure or inexperienced.
(b) Shy and quiet.
(c) Cold-hearted and mean.
(d) Demure and inexperienced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Kinship, Prescription, Sanction, Action, and Example?

2. How long did Wellington spend in India?

3. WWII would become what for Hitler?

4. Was staying hidden terrible to Hitler?

5. Hitler taunted who's ignorance of the Clausewitz work?

(see the answer key)

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