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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. Alexander developed a reverence for what Greek god?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Hercules.

2. How much did Wellington leave to chance?
(a) All aspects of battle.
(b) Almost everything.
(c) Some small details.
(d) Nothing.

3. Alexander wanted to go after and slay Darius, but what happened?
(a) He was called away just long enough for the defeated ruler to escape.
(b) Darius went into hiding.
(c) He was injured.
(d) Darius escaped.

4. Once Wellington took the reins, he had participated in an average of how many battles per year, not counting the years taken off during peacetime or tending to other duties?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

5. The first piece of news about Napoleon's attack on the Prussians reached Wellington while he was preparing to do what?
(a) Attend a ball.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Plan an attack.
(d) Eat dinner.

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. What the Kingdom of Macedon poor?

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

4. What staff training existed in Wellington's day?

5. 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.

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