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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One man referred to Grant as being _______________.
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Undramatic.
(d) Vicious.

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

4. Was staying hidden terrible to Hitler?
(a) Yes, because he wanted to be seen by his people.
(b) Yes, because he missed the attention from the crowds.
(c) No, because he was ascinated by the machine that was the Catholic Church.
(d) No, because he no longer wanted to be out in public.

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

6. What political was Grant a part of?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Green Party.

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. 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) A musician.
(c) An actor.
(d) An artist.

12. 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) Commander.
(b) General.
(c) Major.
(d) Colonel.

13. Chapter eight," Grant and American Democracy", details Grant's views on what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Human rights.
(c) The Founding Fathers.
(d) The Constitution.

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

15. 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) "The."
(c) "Some."
(d) "One."

Short Answer Questions

1. In a nutshell, Hitler saw war as what?

2. Did Hitler understood the axiom?

3. The year was 1862, and Grant was serving as the Commander of the District of __________________.

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

5. Chapter six, "Hitler in Command", may be the ____________ chapter in the text.

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