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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. What ideas of Wellington impressed Castlereagh?
(a) Protecting France with naval power.
(b) Protecting Portugal with air power.
(c) Protecting Spain with naval power.
(d) Protecting Portugal with naval power.

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

3. 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.
(a) Romans.
(b) Persians.
(c) Americans.
(d) Greeks.

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

5. At best, Grant's troops could evade and stall until help arrived from another Union battalion located _________ miles away, a distance that would take half a day to cover.
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the main benefits of battle for Wellington was what?

2. Wellington had first witnessed warfare in _________ in Holland.

3. ___________________, 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).

4. Chapter eight," Grant and American Democracy", details Grant's views on what?

5. How long did Wellington spend in India?

(see the answer key)

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