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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hitler believed that Germany could rise if only what?
(a) Poland was destroyed.
(b) The U.S. was destroyed.
(c) It was given a second chance.
(d) The Jews were exterminated.

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

4. Keegan goes into detail about Grant's habits and methods as what?
(a) A fighter.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A leader.
(d) A speaker.

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

6. It was Grant's ____________________ that let people know he was a commander.
(a) Position in rank.
(b) Stature.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Intelligence.

7. 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 military historian and author of the 1812 essay titled, "Principles of War".
(d) He was a member of the Nazi Party.

8. Additionally, the men who were enlisted were mainly stationed on and around the __________________ River to protect trade and settlement routes.
(a) Ohio.
(b) Rio Grande.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Hudson.

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

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

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

12. 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) Three and a half.
(d) Four and a half.

13. Did Hitler occupy any of these grandiose lodgings?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, all the time.
(c) Yes, but rarely.
(d) Yes, sometimes.

14. How many thought that Grant would rise up through the ranks as he did?
(a) Many.
(b) Quite a few.
(c) Several dozen.
(d) Not many.

15. Keegan points out that there are some factors overlooked or glossed over by many _____________________ regarding Hitler's early war experiences.
(a) American historians.
(b) Military leaders.
(c) Historians and biographers.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The regiment in which Hitler served was filled with the type of people Hitler longed to be with but what?

3. The United States only had _____________ thousand men compared to the two hundred thousand men in Britain's army.

4. Was the plan to destroy Poland before the English and French could intervene due to Hitler?

5. WWII would become what for Hitler?

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