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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the major difference between Wellington and Napoleon regarding battle?
(a) Napoleon was known for not having a real plan for his campaigns.
(b) Napoleon was known for having a real plan for his campaigns.
(c) Napoleon did not want to fight unless it was absolutely necessary.
(d) Napoleon was afraid to lead his men into battle.

2. 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) 140,000.
(b) 1,400.
(c) 1,400,000.
(d) 14,000.

3. What was the name of Alexander's famous horse?
(a) Bucephalas.
(b) Belle.
(c) Bucocrates.
(d) Beast.

4. 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.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Persians.
(c) Americans.
(d) Romans.

5. 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) Socrates.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Homer.
(d) Aristotle.

6. Did Wellington have any sympathy for offenders?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, often.
(c) Yes, always.
(d) Yes, sometimes.

7. Wellington chose to make plans and do what?
(a) Whatever he could to avoid fighting a great battle.
(b) Change the plans frequently.
(c) Attack quickly without thinking.
(d) Ignore the plans.

8. Technically, the victory in battle meant that Alexander was now what?
(a) The ruler of the world.
(b) The ruler of Macedonia.
(c) The ruler of Persia.
(d) The ruler of Indo-Europe.

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) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

11. ___________________, 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) Geoffrey Elton.
(c) George Elers.
(d) Gregory Elson.

12. After Philip died, it was clear that it was Alexander's time to assume power at the tender age of ___________.
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-one.

13. Unlike ________________, Wellington rode alongside his men as they charged into battle.
(a) Attila the Hun.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Grant.
(d) Napoleon.

14. Awards and titles were also lavished on Wellington by whom?
(a) The Spanish and Portuguese.
(b) The French and the Italians.
(c) The French and the Spanish.
(d) The Portuguese and the French.

15. The author states that Alexander was deeply affected by two things during his childhood - his love of Homer's epic poetry and the extreme and eccentric beliefs of whom?
(a) Philip.
(b) Olympias.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Alexander born?

3. Olympias and Philip were a good match - passionate, loving, and committed by _____________________.

4. One of the main benefits of battle for Wellington was what?

5. Wellington so impressed Castlereagh that the thirty-seven-year-old soldier was soon a trusted confidant and advisor on one military scheme after another. One of those schemes included keeping an eye on whose activities?

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