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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. Once Wellington took the reins, he had participated in an average of how many battles per year, not counting the years taken off during peacetime or tending to other duties?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. Lincoln recognized what in Grant?
(a) His fortitude.
(b) His will.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His skill.

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

4. The author states that the only things that saved Wellington from sure death were his superior riding skills and the presence of __________________, his prize steed.
(a) Paris.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) Copenhagen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Additionally, the men who were enlisted were mainly stationed on and around the __________________ River to protect trade and settlement routes.

2. The regiment in which Hitler served was filled with the type of people Hitler longed to be with but what?

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

4. To what did the French set fire?

5. What is the major difference between Wellington and Napoleon regarding battle?

(see the answer key)

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