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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. It was ______ months later before Alexander and Darius met again.
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

2. Where did Wellington attend school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Eton.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Brighton.

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

4. One of Wellington's aims upon his return home was to help save ______________, who had fallen into scandal.
(a) His sister.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

5. It was shown that Grant realized his error pre-war when making the distinction between who?
(a) The man who volunteered to enlist and the man who served as a soldier during peacetime.
(b) The northerner and the southerner.
(c) The American soldier and the European soldier.
(d) The wealthy soldier and the poor soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alexander paid a visit to the Oracle and it was said that the Oracle referred to Alexander as the son of whom?

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

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

4. Unlike ________________, Wellington rode alongside his men as they charged into battle.

5. What ideas of Wellington impressed Castlereagh?

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