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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 5, "Post Heroic: Command in the Nuclear World", summarizes what?
(a) WW I.
(b) The previous wars.
(c) The leaders in this book.
(d) The book.

3. Hitler was well known for adopting the axiom of whom?
(a) Müller.
(b) Schmidt.
(c) Klein.
(d) Clausewitz.

4. What the Kingdom of Macedon poor?
(a) No, it was the wealthiest nation in the region.
(b) No, it was just not as rich as its neighbors and enemies.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, it was the second wealthiest nation in the region.

5. One man referred to Grant as being _______________.
(a) Vicious.
(b) Strange.
(c) Undramatic.
(d) Dramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author hope the type of approach discussed in number 176 would do?

2. After Philip died, it was clear that it was Alexander's time to assume power at the tender age of ___________.

3. Hitler had served as a __________________, a front fighter, in World War I, wherein he was wounded three times.

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

5. Is it desirable or acceptable for a leader to storm in and take command of a situation today?

(see the answer key)

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