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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alexander paid a visit to the Oracle and it was said that the Oracle referred to Alexander as the son of whom?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Philip.

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

3. Philip had been married _________ times by the time he married OIympias and would marry another three times afterward, casting Olympias and the other wives aside as he tired of them.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. Chapter one, "Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership," begins with Keegan comparing Alexander to Napoleon, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Prince Charles, Hitler and others. Does the author believe any of these leaders can compare to Alexander the Great?
(a) Yes, one of them.
(b) Yes, all of them.
(c) Yes, some of them.
(d) No.

5. Keegan compares Alexander to whom?
(a) MacMillon.
(b) Patton.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) MacArthur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Alexander's preliminary goal during those years?

2. When was Alexander born?

3. Alexander was the __________________ son of Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias.

4. Throughout Alexander's childhood, the boy was well educated in many areas suitable to a young royal. Alexander's education included learning to sing and play the lyre, hunt, ride, and to debate, and to appreciate epic poetry, mostly as it related to whom?

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

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