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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?
(a) He saw this venture as a waste of time and money.
(b) He saw the Americans as victims to the Mexican military.
(c) He saw the American role as an entity trying to pick a fight.
(d) He saw the Mexicans as very dangerous.

2. Hitler's final words echoed the same things he had said at the onset of WWII in 1939, that he would ask no more of the German man than he would _________________.
(a) Ask of others.
(b) Give of the German man.
(c) Ask of his family.
(d) Give of himself.

3. Alexander could, however, claim an abundance of natural resources, livestock, grains, and fertile lands. The latter was due in part to what?
(a) Good elevation.
(b) Fertile soil.
(c) Intelligent farming.
(d) The irrigation system installed by Philip.

4. How long did Wellington spend in India?
(a) Four years.
(b) Thirteen years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Three years.

5. Where did Hitler spend much of his time during the war?
(a) In Belgium.
(b) In large, beautiful lodgings.
(c) In an apartment in Berlin.
(d) In bleak surroundings and in mosquito-infested forests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alexander wanted to go after and slay Darius, but what happened?

2. What of each leader is re-examined?

3. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.

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

5. The regiment in which Hitler served was filled with the type of people Hitler longed to be with but what?

(see the answer key)

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