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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. 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) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Five.

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

3. ___________________, 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) George Elers.
(b) Geoffrey Elton.
(c) Gregory Elson.
(d) Gary Ellerton.

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

5. 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?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Wellington attend school?

2. How was Alexander toward his men?

3. What staff training existed in Wellington's day?

4. What was the name of Alexander's famous horse?

5. The ___________________ love drama and the theatre.

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the upbringing of both Wellington and Alexander.

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

3. Describe Alexander's ten-year march. Why did he do this?

4. What did Castlereagh think of Wellington? Why? How did this affect Wellington?

5. How was Alexander's melodramatic personality both a help and a hindrance?

6. Overall, do you believe that Alexander was a great leader? Why or why not?

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

8. How does Wellington's war record and number of battles compare to Alexander the Great's?

9. Describe Wellington's dress during a battle. Why might he have dressed this way?

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

(see the answer keys)

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