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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By mid-afternoon on April 6, nearly _______________ of Grant's army had deserted their posts and waited for a chance to escape the battlefield.
(a) One-third.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-fifth.
(d) One-half.

2. When did things change for Grant?
(a) When Virginia left the Union.
(b) After the initial attack on Fort Sumter.
(c) When Texas seceded.
(d) When the Union attacked the Rebels at Fort Sumter.

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

4. As a replacement for his presence, in what did Hitler engage?
(a) A strike.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) A television special.
(d) A film.

5. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.
(a) Royal Military Academy.
(b) Royal School.
(c) Military Institute.
(d) Military Academy.

6. Also included in the chapter are maps of which of Grant's conquests?
(a) At Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
(b) At Shiloh and Vicksburg.
(c) At Shiloh and Gettysburg.
(d) At Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

7. On what did Clausewitz focus?
(a) The battlefield.
(b) Occupation of the capital.
(c) The end of the battle.
(d) The reparations that must take place after a battle.

8. Chapter six, " Grant on Campaign", discusses what?
(a) Grant's personal habits while on campaign.
(b) Grant's relationships with the men.
(c) Grant's military strategies.
(d) Grant's men.

9. Hitler was one of the most __________________ leaders of his or any other time.
(a) Commanding.
(b) Fearless.
(c) Unintelligent.
(d) Happy.

10. Hitler taunted who's ignorance of the Clausewitz work?
(a) His generals'.
(b) The British's.
(c) The Americans'.
(d) His soldiers'.

11. Describe this person who wrote this axiom?
(a) He was a German professor.
(b) He was a German military leader during WWI.
(c) He was a member of the Nazi Party.
(d) He was a military historian and author of the 1812 essay titled, "Principles of War".

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

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

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

15. Why was Grant chosen for his military appointment?
(a) For his level of education received at West Point and his involvement in the Mexican War.
(b) For his level of education received at West Point.
(c) For his involvement in the Mexican War.
(d) For his political connections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?

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

3. How does Grant believe the Civil War was best fought?

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.

5. Keegan details the progression of war and what is referred to as ______________________, noting the size of the armies of various countries.

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