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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. Chapter six, " Grant on Campaign", discusses what?
(a) Grant's men.
(b) Grant's personal habits while on campaign.
(c) Grant's military strategies.
(d) Grant's relationships with the men.

2. Keegan outlines Wellington's daily schedule, which included just __________ hours of sleep and supreme focus.
(a) A couple of.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

3. Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?
(a) The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
(b) The Letters of U.S. Grant.
(c) The Personal Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The Letters of Abraham Lincoln.

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

5. How was Alexander toward his men?
(a) Mean and hateful.
(b) Cold and uncaring.
(c) Neutral and fair.
(d) Generous and caring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Alexander's day, many men made their living by performing as what?

2. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?

3. The most important battle of Wellington's life would turn out to be the __________ day battle at Waterloo.

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

5. Throughout Alexander's childhood, the boy was well educated in many areas suitable to a young royal. Alexander's education included learning to sing and play the lyre, hunt, ride, and to debate, and to appreciate epic poetry, mostly as it related to whom?

(see the answer key)

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