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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. West Point would go on to graduate many notable people, including President Eisenhower, James McNeil Whistler, and __________________.
(a) Reba McIntyre.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Bob Fosse.
(d) Jackson Pollock.

2. Overall, Hitler was considered to be a _______________ soldier.
(a) Scared.
(b) Poor.
(c) Poorly trained.
(d) Good and dedicated.

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

4. 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.
(a) Strong belief.
(b) Lack of belief.
(c) Limited belief.
(d) Belief.

5. 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) An artist.
(b) An actor.
(c) A musician.
(d) A dancer.

6. It was shown that Grant realized his error pre-war when making the distinction between who?
(a) The northerner and the southerner.
(b) The man who volunteered to enlist and the man who served as a soldier during peacetime.
(c) The American soldier and the European soldier.
(d) The wealthy soldier and the poor soldier.

7. Hitler had served as a __________________, a front fighter, in World War I, wherein he was wounded three times.
(a) Frankenkampfer.
(b) Frontheimer.
(c) Frankenheimer.
(d) Frontkampfer.

8. While Grant may have been surrounded by more than his share of ordinary men, there were at least two that stood out to the commander. They were Lieutenant Colonel Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General, and ________________, Aide de Camp.
(a) Captain Boners.
(b) Captain Bonneville.
(c) Captain Brooke.
(d) Captain Boon.

9. The year was 1862, and Grant was serving as the Commander of the District of __________________.
(a) Eastern Indiana.
(b) Southern Kentucky.
(c) Northern West Virginia.
(d) Western Tennessee.

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

11. Grant's devotion to the U.S. was ______________________.
(a) Complete and total.
(b) Hardly noticeable.
(c) Weak.
(d) Fairly strong.

12. The only surviving letter of Hitler's from World War I recounts an attack involving the 16th Bavarian Reserve in an attack at Ypres in what year?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1915.

13. Grant would be inaugurated as the __________________ president.
(a) Seventeenth.
(b) Sixteenth.
(c) Nineteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

14. How does Grant believe the Civil War was best fought?
(a) When it was to exacerbate the political differences between the north and the south.
(b) When it was to balance out the economic differences between the north and the south.
(c) When it was to free the slaves.
(d) When it was to quell the growing political conflict throughout the country.

15. The regiment in which Hitler served was filled with the type of people Hitler longed to be with but what?
(a) Were too busy to include him.
(b) Were afraid of him.
(c) Whose circle he had not once been admitted into.
(d) Did not understand him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At best, Grant's troops could evade and stall until help arrived from another Union battalion located _________ miles away, a distance that would take half a day to cover.

2. Who failed to back up Poland, thereby sealing the country's fate?

3. Hitler was well known for adopting the axiom of whom?

4. Keegan points out that there are some factors overlooked or glossed over by many _____________________ regarding Hitler's early war experiences.

5. Keegan goes into detail about Grant's habits and methods as what?

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