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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. What is the first of the three fundamental lessons that the Cuban Revolution contributed to the conduct of revolutionary movements in America according to Guevara?

2. When did the Cuban Revolution take place?

3. What refers to a guard often posted around the guerrilla camp to notify sleeping troops of any kind of breach in the camp's perimeter?

4. Guevara claims that the guerrilla carries the banner of what to the countryside where he will most likely find a welcome audience?

5. Guerrilla operations will need to occur when, according to Guevara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What principles of Guerrilla warfare are introduced in Chapter I: General Principles of Guerrilla Warfare?

2. How does Guevara suggest the guerrilla force supply food and ammunition?

3. How does Guevara define the tactics of a guerrilla force? What is the guerrilla force's main advantage?

4. When should combat be engaged, according to Guevara? How great a focus of the guerrilla's life is combat?

5. How may the guerrilla use harsh terrain to his advantage, according to Guevara?

6. What does Guevara write of the need for an ideal in the guerrilla fighter?

7. How must the guerrilla force adapt to warfare on unfavorable ground? When do strikes occur?

8. How does Guevara distinguish the suburban guerrilla from the guerrilla in the countryside?

9. What is the principle tactic of the guerrilla band? What are its attributes?

10. What is the ultimate strategy of the guerrilla fighter? How does this evolve over time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the structure of the internal civil wing of a guerrilla movement. What is the civil organization responsible for? To whom do they report? What is a council of justice implemented to enforce and how?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the life of Ernesto Che Guevara. How did Guevara come to be a revolutionary? In what capacity was he involved in the Cuban Revolution? How did he die?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the importance of "the ideal" as described in the text. Is the ideal for Guevara tied to Marxism? Is the ideal relative to agrarian reform?

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