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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. When did Wellington come alive in his military career?
(a) While in military school.
(b) After the Battle of Waterloo.
(c) After his military stint in India.
(d) Before his military stint in India.

2. Why did many of the other soldiers view Wellington with some jealousy?
(a) He was the son of a marginal lord.
(b) He was very wealthy.
(c) He was the king's nephew.
(d) He was the son of a duke.

3. Alexander could, however, claim an abundance of natural resources, livestock, grains, and fertile lands. The latter was due in part to what?
(a) Fertile soil.
(b) Good elevation.
(c) The irrigation system installed by Philip.
(d) Intelligent farming.

4. Alexander paid a visit to the Oracle and it was said that the Oracle referred to Alexander as the son of whom?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Philip.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

5. ___________________, 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) Gary Ellerton.
(b) Geoffrey Elton.
(c) Gregory Elson.
(d) George Elers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wellington was eventually named the Commander-in-Chief of the British and ____________ forces, which sent him to Flanders.

2. After Philip died, it was clear that it was Alexander's time to assume power at the tender age of ___________.

3. Alexander developed a reverence for what Greek god?

4. Describe Olympias.

5. It was ______ months later before Alexander and Darius met again.

(see the answer key)

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