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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. The spears were ________________ feet long and quite heavy; therefore, they were not used in battle per se, although they might be seen on the periphery.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Eighteen.

2. Alexander had a select infantry known as _______________, whose main job it was to surround and protect Alexander.
(a) The Body Guards.
(b) The Shield Bearers.
(c) The Elite.
(d) The Secret Service.

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

4. What was Alexander's preliminary goal during those years?
(a) To invade Persia.
(b) To invade China.
(c) To invade Greece.
(d) To invade the Roman Empire.

5. Wellington so impressed Castlereagh that the thirty-seven-year-old soldier was soon a trusted confidant and advisor on one military scheme after another. One of those schemes included keeping an eye on whose activities?
(a) George Washington's.
(b) Kaiser Wilhelm.
(c) Napoleon's.
(d) King Richard's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wellington had first witnessed warfare in _________ in Holland.

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

3. How long did Wellington spend in India?

4. By 3:00 on Sunday the __________, the battle at Waterloo was in full swing.

5. One of Wellington's aims upon his return home was to help save ______________, who had fallen into scandal.

(see the answer key)

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