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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. Hitler's final words echoed the same things he had said at the onset of WWII in 1939, that he would ask no more of the German man than he would _________________.
(a) Give of the German man.
(b) Give of himself.
(c) Ask of others.
(d) Ask of his family.

2. Grant received a bit of notoriety after a stint where?
(a) Near the Mexican border.
(b) Along the Mississippi.
(c) In Europe.
(d) Out west.

3. Olympias and Philip were a good match - passionate, loving, and committed by _____________________.
(a) Mutual hatred of the Persian emperor.
(b) An arranged marriage, not by choice.
(c) Choice and an arranged marriage.
(d) Choice, not by an arranged marriage.

4. Keegan details Hitler's early years in the __________________ regiment, where he would receive his military training.
(a) German.
(b) Bavarian.
(c) Munich.
(d) Germanic.

5. Did Hitler understood the axiom?
(a) Mostly.
(b) Yes.
(c) Almost.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major difference between Wellington and Napoleon regarding battle?

2. The author states that Alexander was deeply affected by two things during his childhood - his love of Homer's epic poetry and the extreme and eccentric beliefs of whom?

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

4. When ______________, Grant's colleague and friend, approached with the same thoughts of surrender, Grant's demeanor immediately showed his determination.

5. To what did the French set fire?

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