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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 was the name of Alexander's famous horse?
(a) Beast.
(b) Bucocrates.
(c) Bucephalas.
(d) Belle.

2. How was Alexander toward his men?
(a) Generous and caring.
(b) Neutral and fair.
(c) Cold and uncaring.
(d) Mean and hateful.

3. How much did Wellington leave to chance?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Almost everything.
(c) All aspects of battle.
(d) Some small details.

4. Philip had been married _________ times by the time he married OIympias and would marry another three times afterward, casting Olympias and the other wives aside as he tired of them.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the only things that saved Wellington from sure death were his superior riding skills and the presence of __________________, his prize steed.

2. More widely believed, even if incorrectly, is what legend?

3. The author states that Alexander was deeply affected by two things during his childhood - his love of Homer's epic poetry and the extreme and eccentric beliefs of whom?

4. Like many royals, Alexander had a tutor. Alexander's tutor of __________ years also happened to be a brilliant student of Plato's, a man named Aristotle.

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

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