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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 was the name of Alexander's famous horse?
(a) Belle.
(b) Bucocrates.
(c) Beast.
(d) Bucephalas.

2. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.
(a) Royal Military Academy.
(b) Military Academy.
(c) Royal School.
(d) Military Institute.

3. 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).
(a) Go home.
(b) Take a break.
(c) Strike again.
(d) Keep moving on.

4. One of the main benefits of battle for Wellington was what?
(a) The fact that the enemy factions were not trained.
(b) The fact that he was more intelligent than other leaders.
(c) The fact that he was better educated than other leaders.
(d) The fact that the enemy factions were not united.

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).
(a) Gregory Elson.
(b) George Elers.
(c) Gary Ellerton.
(d) Geoffrey Elton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Grant believe the Civil War was best fought?

3. Why did Olympias' and Philip's relationship fall apart?

4. 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?

5. Chapter one, "Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership," begins with Keegan comparing Alexander to Napoleon, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Prince Charles, Hitler and others. Does the author believe any of these leaders can compare to Alexander the Great?

(see the answer key)

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