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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?
(a) In the London Chronicle.
(b) In the London Times.
(c) In the Paris Post.
(d) In the New York Times.

2. How much did Wellington leave to chance?
(a) Almost everything.
(b) All aspects of battle.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Some small details.

3. The ___________________ love drama and the theatre.
(a) Macedonians.
(b) Russians.
(c) Persians.
(d) Greeks.

4. How did Wellington dress when going into battle?
(a) Like an American soldier.
(b) Like a civilian.
(c) Like a commanding officer.
(d) Like a French commanding officer.

5. One man referred to Grant as being _______________.
(a) Vicious.
(b) Dramatic.
(c) Strange.
(d) Undramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.

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

3. What war did an uprising in Spain and Portugal against the French emperor later become?

4. The author quotes Grant as saying, "Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as soon as you can and _________________" (p. 195).

5. Grant received a bit of notoriety after a stint where?

(see the answer key)

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