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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How much did Wellington leave to chance?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Almost everything.
(c) All aspects of battle.
(d) Some small details.

5. 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) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first piece of news about Napoleon's attack on the Prussians reached Wellington while he was preparing to do what?

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

4. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.

5. What was Alexander's preliminary goal during those years?

(see the answer key)

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