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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alexander could, however, claim an abundance of natural resources, livestock, grains, and fertile lands. The latter was due in part to what?
(a) The irrigation system installed by Philip.
(b) Good elevation.
(c) Intelligent farming.
(d) Fertile soil.

2. The inner core of the army was __________________, comprised of about three thousand men, two thousand of which rode into Asia.
(a) Cavalier Company.
(b) Platoon leaders.
(c) Cavalry Companions.
(d) Paratroopers.

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

4. 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?
(a) King Richard's.
(b) Kaiser Wilhelm.
(c) Napoleon's.
(d) George Washington's.

5. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Love.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Fear.

6. 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.

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

8. How did Wellington dress when going into battle?
(a) Like a civilian.
(b) Like an American soldier.
(c) Like a commanding officer.
(d) Like a French commanding officer.

9. 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) Homer.
(d) Sophocles.

10. 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) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What the Kingdom of Macedon poor?

2. One of the biggest benefits of Wellington's scarce idle time is what?

3. Once Wellington took the reins, he had participated in an average of how many battles per year, not counting the years taken off during peacetime or tending to other duties?

4. Wellington had first witnessed warfare in _________ in Holland.

5. 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.

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