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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Did Hitler understood the axiom?
(a) Almost.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Mostly.

3. Throughout Alexander's childhood, the boy was well educated in many areas suitable to a young royal. Alexander's education included learning to sing and play the lyre, hunt, ride, and to debate, and to appreciate epic poetry, mostly as it related to whom?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Homer.

4. There is not much mention of Philip taking part in Alexander's life until the boy was about age ______________.
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

5. Keegan points out that there are some factors overlooked or glossed over by many _____________________ regarding Hitler's early war experiences.
(a) Military leaders.
(b) Germans.
(c) American historians.
(d) Historians and biographers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Keegan says, "For much of man's known past, the _______________, in some guise or other has characterized the style of government by which he has conducted his affairs in most quarters of the globe" (p. 350).

2. How many thought that Grant would rise up through the ranks as he did?

3. Grant's devotion to the U.S. was ______________________.

4. Keegan outlines Hitler's strategies and includes pertinent information from various sources, including notes from a conference in ___________________.

5. What does the author hope the type of approach discussed in number 176 would do?

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