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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

2. ___________________, a contemporary of Wellington's from Calcutta, described the man thus: "He was all life and spirits. In height he was about 5 feet 7 inches (in fact nearer 5 feet 10 inches) with a long pale face, a remarkably large aquiline nose, a clear blue eye and the blackest beard I ever saw" (p. 106).
(a) Gary Ellerton.
(b) George Elers.
(c) Geoffrey Elton.
(d) Gregory Elson.

3. 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) Da Vinci.
(b) Philip.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Olympias.

4. Alexander the Great was what type of leader?
(a) A heroic leader.
(b) An anti-heroic leader.
(c) An un-heroic leader.
(d) A false heroic leader.

5. When did things change for Grant?
(a) When Texas seceded.
(b) When the Union attacked the Rebels at Fort Sumter.
(c) After the initial attack on Fort Sumter.
(d) When Virginia left the Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must a leader today have from his people?

2. The year was 1862, and Grant was serving as the Commander of the District of __________________.

3. One of the main benefits of battle for Wellington was what?

4. Keegan dispels what myth of Hitler's?

5. Alexander developed a reverence for what Greek god?

(see the answer key)

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