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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Grant, like many other commanders, was elected to head a recruiting committee for ___________.
(a) Gary.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Galena.
(d) Springfield.

3. Grant would be inaugurated as the __________________ president.
(a) Nineteenth.
(b) Eighteenth.
(c) Sixteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

4. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?
(a) He saw this venture as a waste of time and money.
(b) He saw the American role as an entity trying to pick a fight.
(c) He saw the Americans as victims to the Mexican military.
(d) He saw the Mexicans as very dangerous.

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

6. How many thought that Grant would rise up through the ranks as he did?
(a) Quite a few.
(b) Several dozen.
(c) Not many.
(d) Many.

7. Overall, Hitler was considered to be a _______________ soldier.
(a) Good and dedicated.
(b) Scared.
(c) Poor.
(d) Poorly trained.

8. When ______________, Grant's colleague and friend, approached with the same thoughts of surrender, Grant's demeanor immediately showed his determination.
(a) Lee.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Sherman.

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

10. Keegan dispels what myth of Hitler's?
(a) He was insane.
(b) He ran away to Belgium during the war.
(c) His grand lodgings during the war.
(d) He lived in the woods during the war.

11. Hitler was one of the most __________________ leaders of his or any other time.
(a) Commanding.
(b) Unintelligent.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Happy.

12. Keegan outlines Hitler's strategies and includes pertinent information from various sources, including notes from a conference in ___________________.
(a) Munich.
(b) Rastenburg.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Berlin.

13. Chapter seven, "Grant the Fighter", recalls what?
(a) Grant's unchanging approach to battle.
(b) Grant's quiet approach to battle.
(c) Grant's unique approach to battle.
(d) Grant's strong approach to battle.

14. Also included in the chapter are maps of which of Grant's conquests?
(a) At Shiloh and Vicksburg.
(b) At Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
(c) At Shiloh and Gettysburg.
(d) At Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

15. Where did Hitler spend much of his time during the war?
(a) In Belgium.
(b) In bleak surroundings and in mosquito-infested forests.
(c) In large, beautiful lodgings.
(d) In an apartment in Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political was Grant a part of?

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

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

4. Lincoln recognized what in Grant?

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

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