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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

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

2. What war did an uprising in Spain and Portugal against the French emperor later become?
(a) The Spanish Civil War.
(b) The European War.
(c) The Peninsular War.
(d) The English Civil War.

3. Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?
(a) The Letters of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The Letters of U.S. Grant.
(c) The Personal Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

4. In a nutshell, Hitler saw war as what?
(a) A challenge.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Survival of the fittest.
(d) A necessary evil.

5. In three years, Grant would be _______________ in Chief of the Armies of the United States; within seven years, Grant would be inaugurated as the eighteenth president.
(a) Commander.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When ______________, Grant's colleague and friend, approached with the same thoughts of surrender, Grant's demeanor immediately showed his determination.

3. The most important battle of Wellington's life would turn out to be the __________ day battle at Waterloo.

4. This is when a leader persuades his troops into believing he understands and cares for them.

5. There is not much mention of Philip taking part in Alexander's life until the boy was about age ______________.

(see the answer key)

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