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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. Unlike ________________, Wellington rode alongside his men as they charged into battle.
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Attila the Hun.
(d) Grant.

2. Wellington chose to make plans and do what?
(a) Ignore the plans.
(b) Change the plans frequently.
(c) Attack quickly without thinking.
(d) Whatever he could to avoid fighting a great battle.

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

4. In ____________, Wellington was awarded with the Order of the Garter as well as a field marshal's baton.
(a) 1813.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1823.

5. What staff training existed in Wellington's day?
(a) Some.
(b) None.
(c) Very little.
(d) A great deal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first piece of news about Napoleon's attack on the Prussians reached Wellington while he was preparing to do what?

3. 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?

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

5. Once Wellington took the reins, he had participated in an average of how many battles per year, not counting the years taken off during peacetime or tending to other duties?

(see the answer key)

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