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

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

3. By mid-afternoon on April 6, nearly _______________ of Grant's army had deserted their posts and waited for a chance to escape the battlefield.
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-fifth.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

4. How close did Germany come to victory in WWI?
(a) Not close at all.
(b) Somewhat close.
(c) Very close.
(d) Not very close.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln proclaim about Grant?

2. Hitler was one of the most __________________ leaders of his or any other time.

3. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?

4. Also included in the chapter are maps of which of Grant's conquests?

5. Hitler was by all accounts ______________ class man who was frustrated, unfulfilled and resentful with his life and its circumstances.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Hitler feel about his life? How might this have influenced decisions he made as a leader?

5. How did the northerners compare to the southerners?

6. Describe Hitler's early military experience.

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

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

9. What was the myth regarding Hitler's war-time lodgings? Was this myth true?

10. Why was World War I called "the" war?

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