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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While Grant may have been surrounded by more than his share of ordinary men, there were at least two that stood out to the commander. They were Lieutenant Colonel Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General, and ________________, Aide de Camp.
(a) Captain Brooke.
(b) Captain Boon.
(c) Captain Boners.
(d) Captain Bonneville.

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

4. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?
(a) He saw the Americans as victims to the Mexican military.
(b) He saw this venture as a waste of time and money.
(c) He saw the American role as an entity trying to pick a fight.
(d) He saw the Mexicans as very dangerous.

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

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

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

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

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

10. The only surviving letter of Hitler's from World War I recounts an attack involving the 16th Bavarian Reserve in an attack at Ypres in what year?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1915.

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

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

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

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

15. In a nutshell, Hitler saw war as what?
(a) A challenge.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Survival of the fittest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler believed the axiom meant that an army should first destroy his enemies in the field and then do what?

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

3. How many thought that Grant would rise up through the ranks as he did?

4. Grant would be inaugurated as the __________________ president.

5. One man referred to Grant as being _______________.

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