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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant, like many other commanders, was elected to head a recruiting committee for ___________.
(a) Springfield.
(b) Gary.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Galena.

2. Who failed to back up Poland, thereby sealing the country's fate?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) England.

3. Where did Hitler spend much of his time during the war?
(a) In Belgium.
(b) In bleak surroundings and in mosquito-infested forests.
(c) In large, beautiful lodgings.
(d) In an apartment in Berlin.

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

5. Included in Chapter Five are several photos and renderings of Grant, including a portrait and whose surrender at Vicksburg?
(a) Davis'.
(b) Jackson's.
(c) Lee's.
(d) Pemberton's.

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

7. 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.
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

8. Hitler was well known for adopting the axiom of whom?
(a) Müller.
(b) Klein.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Clausewitz.

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

10. The army was down to about ________ thousand men.
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

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

13. Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?
(a) The Letters of U.S. Grant.
(b) The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
(c) The Letters of Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The Personal Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a replacement for his presence, in what did Hitler engage?

2. How close did Germany come to victory in WWI?

3. On what did Clausewitz focus?

4. Grant would be inaugurated as the __________________ president.

5. West Point would go on to graduate many notable people, including President Eisenhower, James McNeil Whistler, and __________________.

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