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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Battle of Shiloh was a surprise to the northerners. Why?
(a) They were not very intelligent.
(b) They did not know the country was in war.
(c) They did not know there was an army nearby.
(d) They were exhausted and poorly prepared.

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

3. Western civilization considered WWI as ___________ war due to its impact on European culture and history as well as the mystery surrounding the war itself.
(a) "A."
(b) "One."
(c) "The."
(d) "Some."

4. Keegan dispels what myth of Hitler's?
(a) He lived in the woods during the war.
(b) He was insane.
(c) He ran away to Belgium during the war.
(d) His grand lodgings during the war.

5. How close did Germany come to victory in WWI?
(a) Very close.
(b) Not very close.
(c) Somewhat close.
(d) Not close at all.

6. The author quotes Grant as saying, "Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as soon as you can and _________________" (p. 195).
(a) Keep moving on.
(b) Strike again.
(c) Go home.
(d) Take a break.

7. 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.
(a) General.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Commander.
(d) Major.

8. Chapter six, "Hitler in Command", may be the ____________ chapter in the text.
(a) Most important.
(b) Most unusual.
(c) Least important.
(d) Most boring.

9. 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.

10. Although Hitler would serve ______________ years as high commander, it was not the man's first foray into the military arena.
(a) Five and a half.
(b) Six and a half.
(c) Four and a half.
(d) Three and a half.

11. What did Lincoln proclaim about Grant?
(a) The need for this will.
(b) The need for his skills.
(c) The need for his fortitude.
(d) The need for his intelligence.

12. Hitler erected more than _____________ wartime lodgings.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eighteen.

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

14. Keegan outlines Hitler's strategies and includes pertinent information from various sources, including notes from a conference in ___________________.
(a) Rastenburg.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Munich.
(d) Hamburg.

15. 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 himself.
(b) Ask of others.
(c) Give of the German man.
(d) Ask of his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Hitler occupy any of these grandiose lodgings?

2. The army was down to about ________ thousand men.

3. By this time, assassination attempts had been made on Hitler's life, a fact that increased security _____________________ by staying hidden away.

4. Included in Chapter Five are several photos and renderings of Grant, including a portrait and whose surrender at Vicksburg?

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

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