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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. Keegan compares Alexander to whom?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) MacMillon.
(c) MacArthur.
(d) Patton.

2. Why was Grant chosen for his military appointment?
(a) For his level of education received at West Point and his involvement in the Mexican War.
(b) For his involvement in the Mexican War.
(c) For his political connections.
(d) For his level of education received at West Point.

3. Keegan dispels what myth of Hitler's?
(a) He ran away to Belgium during the war.
(b) He was insane.
(c) His grand lodgings during the war.
(d) He lived in the woods during the war.

4. ___________________, a contemporary of Wellington's from Calcutta, described the man thus: "He was all life and spirits. In height he was about 5 feet 7 inches (in fact nearer 5 feet 10 inches) with a long pale face, a remarkably large aquiline nose, a clear blue eye and the blackest beard I ever saw" (p. 106).
(a) Gary Ellerton.
(b) George Elers.
(c) Geoffrey Elton.
(d) Gregory Elson.

5. 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 Boners.
(b) Captain Bonneville.
(c) Captain Boon.
(d) Captain Brooke.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Alexander born?

2. On what did Clausewitz focus?

3. Why did Olympias' and Philip's relationship fall apart?

4. Many of the soldiers were considered to be ___________ by Alexander.

5. At best, Grant's troops could evade and stall until help arrived from another Union battalion located _________ miles away, a distance that would take half a day to cover.

(see the answer key)

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