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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. Alexander developed a reverence for what Greek god?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Zeus.

5. 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?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Philip.
(d) Olympias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter seven, "Grant the Fighter", recalls what?

2. Awards and titles were also lavished on Wellington by whom?

3. 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 _______________.

4. Where did Wellington attend school?

5. Why did many of the other soldiers view Wellington with some jealousy?

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