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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a nutshell, Hitler saw war as what?
(a) A challenge.
(b) Survival of the fittest.
(c) A necessary evil.
(d) Exciting.

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

3. What is the type of leadership that eschews warfare in favor of a rational, multipronged approach?
(a) Anti-heroic.
(b) False-heroic.
(c) Non-heroic.
(d) Post-heroic.

4. Why does the author cite Kennedy's handling of the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) As an example of U.S. military might.
(b) As an example of the pre-nuclear age.
(c) As an example of what should not take place.
(d) As an example of post-heroic leadership.

5. Why did many of the other soldiers view Wellington with some jealousy?
(a) He was the son of a marginal lord.
(b) He was the king's nephew.
(c) He was very wealthy.
(d) He was the son of a duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. To be a successful leader, Keegan argues, a commander must master what?

2. While Grant may have been surrounded by more than his share of ordinary men, there were at least two that stood out to the commander. They were Lieutenant Colonel Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General, and ________________, Aide de Camp.

3. The United States only had _____________ thousand men compared to the two hundred thousand men in Britain's army.

4. Philip had been married _________ times by the time he married OIympias and would marry another three times afterward, casting Olympias and the other wives aside as he tired of them.

5. What else of each leader's is re-examined?

(see the answer key)

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