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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. Describe this person who wrote this axiom?
(a) He was a member of the Nazi Party.
(b) He was a German professor.
(c) He was a military historian and author of the 1812 essay titled, "Principles of War".
(d) He was a German military leader during WWI.

2. West Point would go on to graduate many notable people, including President Eisenhower, James McNeil Whistler, and __________________.
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Bob Fosse.
(c) Reba McIntyre.
(d) Jackson Pollock.

3. It was shown that Grant realized his error pre-war when making the distinction between who?
(a) The wealthy soldier and the poor soldier.
(b) The northerner and the southerner.
(c) The man who volunteered to enlist and the man who served as a soldier during peacetime.
(d) The American soldier and the European soldier.

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

5. Chapter six, "Hitler in Command", may be the ____________ chapter in the text.
(a) Least important.
(b) Most important.
(c) Most unusual.
(d) Most boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?

2. Keegan points out that there are some factors overlooked or glossed over by many _____________________ regarding Hitler's early war experiences.

3. Grant would be inaugurated as the __________________ president.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the soldiers in Grant's army.

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

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

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

6. How did Grant's approach to battle compare to Alexander's?

7. Why might some factors regarding Hitler as a soldier have been overlooked?

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

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

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

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