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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is surmised that both Wellington and Napoleon, uniquely adept at grasping higher learning concepts, may have been exposed to a classical learning technique that involved the use of _______________.
(a) Mnemonic devices.
(b) Technology.
(c) Flash cards.
(d) Tutors.

2. Hitler believed that Germany could rise if only what?
(a) The Jews were exterminated.
(b) The U.S. was destroyed.
(c) Poland was destroyed.
(d) It was given a second chance.

3. What does 'mask of command' mean?
(a) Shield.
(b) Type of leadership.
(c) Helmet.
(d) Weaponry.

4. How was Alexander toward his men?
(a) Cold and uncaring.
(b) Mean and hateful.
(c) Generous and caring.
(d) Neutral and fair.

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 Keegan states that if there is any one historical document that details the Civil War in its entirety, that document would be what?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

Short Answer Questions

1. Included in Chapter Five are several photos and renderings of Grant, including a portrait and whose surrender at Vicksburg?

2. Hitler was well known for adopting the axiom of whom?

3. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?

4. According to Keegan, were all the leaders discussed earlier in this book heroic or unheroic?

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

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