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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. The ___________________ love drama and the theatre.
(a) Macedonians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Persians.
(d) Russians.

2. When did Wellington come alive in his military career?
(a) Before his military stint in India.
(b) After his military stint in India.
(c) While in military school.
(d) After the Battle of Waterloo.

3. Like many royals, Alexander had a tutor. Alexander's tutor of __________ years also happened to be a brilliant student of Plato's, a man named Aristotle.
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. Technically, the victory in battle meant that Alexander was now what?
(a) The ruler of Macedonia.
(b) The ruler of Indo-Europe.
(c) The ruler of the world.
(d) The ruler of Persia.

5. Unlike ________________, Wellington rode alongside his men as they charged into battle.
(a) Attila the Hun.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Grant.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did the French set fire?

2. Wellington chose to make plans and do what?

3. Philip had been married _________ times by the time he married OIympias and would marry another three times afterward, casting Olympias and the other wives aside as he tired of them.

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.

5. What war did an uprising in Spain and Portugal against the French emperor later become?

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