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

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

3. Keegan points out that there are some factors overlooked or glossed over by many _____________________ regarding Hitler's early war experiences.
(a) Germans.
(b) Military leaders.
(c) Historians and biographers.
(d) American historians.

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

5. Was the plan to destroy Poland before the English and French could intervene due to Hitler?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) No, not completely.
(c) Yes, completely.
(d) Yes, mostly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler taunted who's ignorance of the Clausewitz work?

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

3. 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).

4. Hitler erected more than _____________ wartime lodgings.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the results of World War I affect World War II?

4. Describe Hitler's early military experience.

5. How did Grant realize an error pre-war regarding his men?

6. How did the northerners compare to the southerners?

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

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

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

10. Who was Clausewitz? How was he misunderstood by Hitler?

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