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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. 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, all of them.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, some of them.
(d) Yes, one of them.

2. Did Aristotle have a long and irreversible impact on Alexander?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but only at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but not at first.

3. In Alexander's day, many men made their living by performing as what?
(a) Athletes.
(b) Singers.
(c) Dancers.
(d) Orators.

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?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Homer.
(d) Aristotle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The inner core of the army was __________________, comprised of about three thousand men, two thousand of which rode into Asia.

2. What was the name of Alexander's famous horse?

3. There is not much mention of Philip taking part in Alexander's life until the boy was about age ______________.

4. The Macedonian army was different from that of the _______________ in that it was essentially a militia in which the citizens had the right to bear arms.

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?

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