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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Did Aristotle have a long and irreversible impact on Alexander?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but only at first.
(d) Yes, but not at first.

2. Did Hitler understood the axiom?
(a) Almost.
(b) Mostly.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

3. Alexander could, however, claim an abundance of natural resources, livestock, grains, and fertile lands. The latter was due in part to what?
(a) The irrigation system installed by Philip.
(b) Fertile soil.
(c) Good elevation.
(d) Intelligent farming.

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

5. Did Wellington have any sympathy for offenders?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, often.
(c) Yes, always.
(d) Yes, sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler's final words echoed the same things he had said at the onset of WWII in 1939, that he would ask no more of the German man than he would _________________.

2. At age ___________, Alexander went to war under Philip's command for the first time.

3. How much did Wellington leave to chance?

4. The Macedonian army was different from that of the _______________ in that it was essentially a militia in which the citizens had the right to bear arms.

5. ___________________, a contemporary of Wellington's from Calcutta, described the man thus: "He was all life and spirits. In height he was about 5 feet 7 inches (in fact nearer 5 feet 10 inches) with a long pale face, a remarkably large aquiline nose, a clear blue eye and the blackest beard I ever saw" (p. 106).

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