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

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

3. Olympias and Philip were a good match - passionate, loving, and committed by _____________________.
(a) Choice, not by an arranged marriage.
(b) Choice and an arranged marriage.
(c) Mutual hatred of the Persian emperor.
(d) An arranged marriage, not by choice.

4. Chapter one, "Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership," begins with Keegan comparing Alexander to Napoleon, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Prince Charles, Hitler and others. Does the author believe any of these leaders can compare to Alexander the Great?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, one of them.
(c) Yes, some of them.
(d) Yes, all of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The most important battle of Wellington's life would turn out to be the __________ day battle at Waterloo.

2. After Philip died, it was clear that it was Alexander's time to assume power at the tender age of ___________.

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

4. The ___________________ love drama and the theatre.

5. What the Kingdom of Macedon poor?

(see the answer key)

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