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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter seven, "Grant the Fighter", recalls what?

2. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.

3. Additionally, the men who were enlisted were mainly stationed on and around the __________________ River to protect trade and settlement routes.

4. In a nutshell, Hitler saw war as what?

5. The army was down to about ________ thousand men.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hitler's early military experience.

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

3. Why did Hitler go into hiding? How did Hitler adapt to being in hiding?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The leaders discussed in this book had a variety of military strategies.

Part 1) Choose four leaders to analyze. Describe each leader's military strategies. How effective were these strategies? How do these strategies reflect each leader's personalities?

Part 2) How important was the technology at the time, the size of the military, and the abilities of the enemy to the leaders' strategies?

Part 3) What factors might influence a leader's strategies and tactics today? How do these factors compare to factors in the past?

Essay Topic 2

The heroic ethic has characterized the style of government throughout most of the world.

Part 1) What is the heroic ethic? How has it influenced the style of government for much of the world? Do you see the heroic ethic as being influential in the careers of the leaders found in this book? Explain.

Part 2) Are leaders today influenced by the heroic ethic? If so, how? If not, why not? How has the U.S. government style been influenced by the heroic ethic?

Part 3) Do you agree with the author that leaders in the nuclear age must not be affected by the heroic ethic? Why or why not? How might our country change if leaders were not influenced by heroism or the lack of heroism?

Essay Topic 3

The author spends a great deal of time detailing the daily routines of several leaders.

Part 1) Describe these daily routines. What is revealed about these leaders? Why is this information important to the author?

Part 2) What do many of the leaders' daily routines have in common? What does this reveal about these leaders? What might this reveal about many or most leaders?

Part 3) Describe your own daily routine. How does it compare to the daily routines of the leaders in this book? What does your daily routine reveal about you?

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