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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Like many royals, Alexander had a tutor. Alexander's tutor of __________ years also happened to be a brilliant student of Plato's, a man named Aristotle.
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

5. Did Aristotle have a long and irreversible impact on Alexander?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, but not at first.
(d) Yes, but only at first.

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

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

8. The spears were ________________ feet long and quite heavy; therefore, they were not used in battle per se, although they might be seen on the periphery.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Five.

9. 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) Romans.
(b) Americans.
(c) Persians.
(d) Greeks.

10. Alexander paid a visit to the Oracle and it was said that the Oracle referred to Alexander as the son of whom?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Philip.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hercules.

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

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

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

14. 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) Homer.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Aristotle.

15. For how long did Alexander march?
(a) One year.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 3:00 on Sunday the __________, the battle at Waterloo was in full swing.

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

3. Aristotle would become known as one of the world's most brilliant philosophers and the founding father of ___________.

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

5. In 1806, Wellington realized what dream?

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