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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many of the soldiers were considered to be ___________ by Alexander.
(a) Strangers.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

2. One of Wellington's aims upon his return home was to help save ______________, who had fallen into scandal.
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

3. Wellington was eventually named the Commander-in-Chief of the British and ____________ forces, which sent him to Flanders.
(a) Dutch-Swedish.
(b) Dutch-Belgian.
(c) Dutch-Norwegian.
(d) Dutch-German.

4. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?
(a) In the London Times.
(b) In the New York Times.
(c) In the London Chronicle.
(d) In the Paris Post.

5. The closest tally of battles and sieges reached included _____________ battles and eight sieges, not counting those Wellington participated in as a subordinate.
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.

6. In 1806, Wellington realized what dream?
(a) Of becoming a military leader.
(b) Of being married.
(c) Of being accepted by his military peers.
(d) Of graduating from college.

7. Alexander developed a reverence for what Greek god?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

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

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

10. Where did Wellington attend school?
(a) Brighton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Eton.

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

12. The French were determined to throw a web of alliances over the principalities as a sign of allegiance to whom?
(a) The Moghuls.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Swedes.
(d) The Chinese.

13. Describe Olympias.
(a) Demure and inexperienced.
(b) Not demure or inexperienced.
(c) Shy and quiet.
(d) Cold-hearted and mean.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Awards and titles were also lavished on Wellington by whom?

2. What the Kingdom of Macedon poor?

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

4. Alexander could, however, claim an abundance of natural resources, livestock, grains, and fertile lands. The latter was due in part to what?

5. How much did Wellington leave to chance?

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