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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author says, "Few today think of Hitler as a soldier. But it was as a soldier, quite as much as a politician or ____________ - the strangest of his delusions - that he thought of himself" (p. 235).
(a) An actor.
(b) An artist.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A musician.

3. How close did Germany come to victory in WWI?
(a) Not very close.
(b) Very close.
(c) Not close at all.
(d) Somewhat close.

4. It was Grant's ____________________ that let people know he was a commander.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Stature.
(c) Position in rank.
(d) Intelligence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the early morning hours, Wellington took time to write his dispatch, which would later appear in its entirety where?

2. Hitler taunted who's ignorance of the Clausewitz work?

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. The author states that Alexander was deeply affected by two things during his childhood - his love of Homer's epic poetry and the extreme and eccentric beliefs of whom?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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