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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Did Wellington have any sympathy for offenders?
(a) Yes, often.
(b) Yes, sometimes.
(c) Yes, always.
(d) No.

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

4. Why did Olympias' and Philip's relationship fall apart?
(a) He had an affair.
(b) He was preoccupied with politics and war.
(c) She fell in love with another man.
(d) Philip had lost all of his wealth.

5. The author states that Alexander was deeply affected by two things during his childhood - his love of Homer's epic poetry and the extreme and eccentric beliefs of whom?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Olympias.
(d) Philip.

Short Answer Questions

1. The French were determined to throw a web of alliances over the principalities as a sign of allegiance to whom?

2. Alexander had a select infantry known as _______________, whose main job it was to surround and protect Alexander.

3. It was ______ months later before Alexander and Darius met again.

4. How was Alexander toward his men?

5. It is surmised that both Wellington and Napoleon, uniquely adept at grasping higher learning concepts, may have been exposed to a classical learning technique that involved the use of _______________.

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