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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. At age ___________, Alexander went to war under Philip's command for the first time.
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

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

3. Where did Wellington attend school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Eton.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Brighton.

4. How did Wellington dress when going into battle?
(a) Like a commanding officer.
(b) Like an American soldier.
(c) Like a French commanding officer.
(d) Like a civilian.

5. How does Grant believe the Civil War was best fought?
(a) When it was to balance out the economic differences between the north and the south.
(b) When it was to free the slaves.
(c) When it was to exacerbate the political differences between the north and the south.
(d) When it was to quell the growing political conflict throughout the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. The army was down to about ________ thousand men.

2. Keegan compares West Point to the British ____________________ located in Woolwich and France's École de Génie at Mezières.

3. Why did Grant did not approve of the tactics used regarding the Rio Grande venture?

4. When did Wellington come alive in his military career?

5. Grant's devotion to the U.S. was ______________________.

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