The Mask of Command Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

John Keegan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Mask of Command Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

John Keegan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What is the major difference between Wellington and Napoleon regarding battle?
(a) Napoleon was known for not having a real plan for his campaigns.
(b) Napoleon was known for having a real plan for his campaigns.
(c) Napoleon was afraid to lead his men into battle.
(d) Napoleon did not want to fight unless it was absolutely necessary.

2. ___________________, a contemporary of Wellington's from Calcutta, described the man thus: "He was all life and spirits. In height he was about 5 feet 7 inches (in fact nearer 5 feet 10 inches) with a long pale face, a remarkably large aquiline nose, a clear blue eye and the blackest beard I ever saw" (p. 106).
(a) Geoffrey Elton.
(b) Gary Ellerton.
(c) George Elers.
(d) Gregory Elson.

3. After Philip died, it was clear that it was Alexander's time to assume power at the tender age of ___________.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

4. To what did the French set fire?
(a) A barn.
(b) A textiles plant.
(c) A chateau.
(d) A large business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Alexander toward his men?

2. Even with _________________ soldiers, Darius was unable to outsmart Alexander, who perfectly executed a plan to attack Darius from the rear rather than wait to face the ruler head on at Cilicia.

3. The ___________________ love drama and the theatre.

4. It is surmised that both Wellington and Napoleon, uniquely adept at grasping higher learning concepts, may have been exposed to a classical learning technique that involved the use of _______________.

5. Did Aristotle have a long and irreversible impact on Alexander?

(see the answer key)

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