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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was staying hidden terrible to Hitler?
(a) Yes, because he missed the attention from the crowds.
(b) Yes, because he wanted to be seen by his people.
(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.

2. Chapter seven, "Grant the Fighter", recalls what?
(a) Grant's unchanging approach to battle.
(b) Grant's unique approach to battle.
(c) Grant's strong approach to battle.
(d) Grant's quiet approach to battle.

3. On what did Clausewitz focus?
(a) The battlefield.
(b) The reparations that must take place after a battle.
(c) The end of the battle.
(d) Occupation of the capital.

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

5. When did things change for Grant?
(a) When the Union attacked the Rebels at Fort Sumter.
(b) When Virginia left the Union.
(c) After the initial attack on Fort Sumter.
(d) When Texas seceded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the Blitzkrieg of Hitler's invention?

2. Chapter six, " Grant on Campaign", discusses what?

3. What did Lincoln proclaim about Grant?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grant's opinion of the progress of war compare to that of the other leaders mentioned? Why?

2. Why is Chapter Six, "Hitler in Command", possibly the most important chapter in this book?

3. How did Grant's approach to battle compare to Alexander's?

4. How did the northerners compare to the southerners?

5. Describe the prestige of West Point. Did this prestige help Grant in his career? Why or why not?

6. Describe the soldiers in Grant's army.

7. Why might some factors regarding Hitler as a soldier have been overlooked?

8. How was Hitler helped in his plan to destroy Poland?

9. What was Hitler's impact on and relationship with his soldiers?

10. How did Grant receive some notoriety? How did he feel about how he got this notoriety?

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