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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. Grant, like many other commanders, was elected to head a recruiting committee for ___________.
(a) Springfield.
(b) Gary.
(c) Galena.
(d) Chicago.

2. Did Aristotle have a long and irreversible impact on Alexander?
(a) Yes, but only at first.
(b) Yes, but not at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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 Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?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

4. Included in Chapter Five are several photos and renderings of Grant, including a portrait and whose surrender at Vicksburg?
(a) Jackson's.
(b) Pemberton's.
(c) Lee's.
(d) Davis'.

5. While Grant may have been surrounded by more than his share of ordinary men, there were at least two that stood out to the commander. They were Lieutenant Colonel Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General, and ________________, Aide de Camp.
(a) Captain Boon.
(b) Captain Brooke.
(c) Captain Bonneville.
(d) Captain Boners.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was Grant's ____________________ that let people know he was a commander.

2. Keegan compares Alexander to whom?

3. What political was Grant a part of?

4. What was the name of Alexander's famous horse?

5. One man referred to Grant as being _______________.

(see the answer key)

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