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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Keegan outlines Wellington's daily schedule, which included just __________ hours of sleep and supreme focus.
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) A couple of.
(d) Three.

2. Olympias and Philip were a good match - passionate, loving, and committed by _____________________.
(a) An arranged marriage, not by choice.
(b) Choice, not by an arranged marriage.
(c) Choice and an arranged marriage.
(d) Mutual hatred of the Persian emperor.

3. To what did the French set fire?
(a) A barn.
(b) A large business.
(c) A textiles plant.
(d) A chateau.

4. What was Alexander's preliminary goal during those years?
(a) To invade Greece.
(b) To invade China.
(c) To invade Persia.
(d) To invade the Roman Empire.

5. ___________________, 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) Gregory Elson.
(b) George Elers.
(c) Gary Ellerton.
(d) Geoffrey Elton.

6. Even with _________________ soldiers, Darius was unable to outsmart Alexander, who perfectly executed a plan to attack Darius from the rear rather than wait to face the ruler head on at Cilicia.
(a) 1,400.
(b) 1,400,000.
(c) 140,000.
(d) 14,000.

7. The most important battle of Wellington's life would turn out to be the __________ day battle at Waterloo.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

8. In ____________, Wellington was awarded with the Order of the Garter as well as a field marshal's baton.
(a) 1813.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1818.

9. Philip had been married _________ times by the time he married OIympias and would marry another three times afterward, casting Olympias and the other wives aside as he tired of them.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

10. 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) Yes, some of them.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, one of them.
(d) Yes, all of them.

11. What staff training existed in Wellington's day?
(a) None.
(b) Very little.
(c) A great deal.
(d) Some.

12. 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) Tutors.
(c) Technology.
(d) Flash cards.

13. The ___________________ love drama and the theatre.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Russians.
(c) Macedonians.
(d) Persians.

14. Aristotle would become known as one of the world's most brilliant philosophers and the founding father of ___________.
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Umpiricism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Globalization.

15. When was Alexander born?
(a) July 635 BC.
(b) July 653 BC.
(c) July 356 BC.
(d) July 365 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Macedonian army was different from that of the _______________ in that it was essentially a militia in which the citizens had the right to bear arms.

2. The closest tally of battles and sieges reached included _____________ battles and eight sieges, not counting those Wellington participated in as a subordinate.

3. What is the major difference between Wellington and Napoleon regarding battle?

4. Alexander had a select infantry known as _______________, whose main job it was to surround and protect Alexander.

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

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