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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. 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?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

5. What war did an uprising in Spain and Portugal against the French emperor later become?
(a) The Peninsular War.
(b) The English Civil War.
(c) The European War.
(d) The Spanish Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Wellington have any sympathy for offenders?

2. Describe Olympias.

3. Wellington was well known for having _____________ routine, which is credited for much of his success in planning campaigns.

4. The closest tally of battles and sieges reached included _____________ battles and eight sieges, not counting those Wellington participated in as a subordinate.

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

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