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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. While Grant may have been surrounded by more than his share of ordinary men, there were at least two that stood out to the commander. They were Lieutenant Colonel Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General, and ________________, Aide de Camp.
(a) Captain Brooke.
(b) Captain Bonneville.
(c) Captain Boon.
(d) Captain Boners.

2. West Point would go on to graduate many notable people, including President Eisenhower, James McNeil Whistler, and __________________.
(a) Bob Fosse.
(b) Jackson Pollock.
(c) Reba McIntyre.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

3. Unlike ________________, Wellington rode alongside his men as they charged into battle.
(a) Grant.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Attila the Hun.

4. Chapter one, "Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership," begins with Keegan comparing Alexander to Napoleon, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Prince Charles, Hitler and others. Does the author believe any of these leaders can compare to Alexander the Great?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, some of them.
(c) Yes, all of them.
(d) Yes, one of them.

5. The year was 1862, and Grant was serving as the Commander of the District of __________________.
(a) Southern Kentucky.
(b) Eastern Indiana.
(c) Western Tennessee.
(d) Northern West Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe this person who wrote this axiom?

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

3. To what did the French set fire?

4. Keegan dispels what myth of Hitler's?

5. 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).

(see the answer key)

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