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

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

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

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 Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?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

5. Was the Blitzkrieg of Hitler's invention?
(a) Yes.
(b) Not completely.
(c) Mostly.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was staying hidden terrible to Hitler?

2. Grant, like many other commanders, was elected to head a recruiting committee for ___________.

3. 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 _________________.

4. Western civilization considered WWI as ___________ war due to its impact on European culture and history as well as the mystery surrounding the war itself.

5. The author quotes Grant as saying, "Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as soon as you can and _________________" (p. 195).

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the soldiers in Grant's army.

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

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

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

5. Why might Grant not have wanted to surrender? What does this reveal about him?

6. How did the attack on Fort Sumter affect Grant? Why?

7. What is Grant's military philosophy?

8. Why was it suggested that Grant surrender at the Battle of Shiloh?

9. How did the northerners compare to the southerners?

10. How was Hitler affected by World War I?

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