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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant's devotion to the U.S. was ______________________.
(a) Complete and total.
(b) Fairly strong.
(c) Weak.
(d) Hardly noticeable.

2. One of the main benefits of battle for Wellington was what?
(a) The fact that he was more intelligent than other leaders.
(b) The fact that the enemy factions were not united.
(c) The fact that he was better educated than other leaders.
(d) The fact that the enemy factions were not trained.

3. Alexander wanted to go after and slay Darius, but what happened?
(a) He was injured.
(b) Darius escaped.
(c) Darius went into hiding.
(d) He was called away just long enough for the defeated ruler to escape.

4. In ____________, Wellington was awarded with the Order of the Garter as well as a field marshal's baton.
(a) 1813.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1818.

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) Philip.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Olympias.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Alexander's famous horse?

2. The author says, "Few today think of Hitler as a soldier. But it was as a soldier, quite as much as a politician or ____________ - the strangest of his delusions - that he thought of himself" (p. 235).

3. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.

4. 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.

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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