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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wellington was well known for having _____________ routine, which is credited for much of his success in planning campaigns.
(a) An often changing.
(b) An exciting.
(c) An unusual.
(d) An unvarying.

3. 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) Flash cards.
(b) Mnemonic devices.
(c) Tutors.
(d) Technology.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. The French were determined to throw a web of alliances over the principalities as a sign of allegiance to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the author use the word "abstractedly" to describe Wellington?

2. How was Wellington rewarded for his military success? Why was he rewarded in this way?

3. Why was, and is, it important for a leader to have good oration skills?

4. What did Wellington do when the French set fire to the chateau at Hougomont? Why did he do this?

5. In Chapter Two, "Wellington the Man," what does the author reiterate? Why?

6. Describe Alexander's relationship with his men. What does this reveal about his character?

7. Why were other soldiers jealous of Wellington? Should they have been jealous? Why or why not?

8. To whom does Keegan compare Alexander the Great in Chapter One? What is the outcome of this comparison?

9. Describe Alexander's education.

10. How did Wellington treat his men? What might this reveal about him?

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