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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 was Alexander's preliminary goal during those years?
(a) To invade Persia.
(b) To invade the Roman Empire.
(c) To invade China.
(d) To invade Greece.

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

3. Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?
(a) The Personal Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
(c) The Letters of U.S. Grant.
(d) The Letters of Abraham Lincoln.

4. The United States only had _____________ thousand men compared to the two hundred thousand men in Britain's army.
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Five.

5. Lincoln recognized what in Grant?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His skill.
(c) His fortitude.
(d) His will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter seven, "Hitler and the Theatre of Leadership", discusses Hitler's ________________ that he would be able to command loyalty until death from the inner sanctum at the Forbidden City.

2. In three years, Grant would be _______________ in Chief of the Armies of the United States; within seven years, Grant would be inaugurated as the eighteenth president.

3. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.

4. The closest tally of battles and sieges reached included _____________ battles and eight sieges, not counting those Wellington participated in as a subordinate.

5. On what did Clausewitz focus?

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