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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, pg. 270-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title was given to Alexander after the battle of Gaugamela?
(a) Pharaoh of Egypt.
(b) King of the World.
(c) Lord of Asia.
(d) King of the Gaugamelites.

2. What was Thebes' immediate reaction to Alexander assuming the Macedonian throne?
(a) They openly accepted Alexander as their king.
(b) They tried to bribe members of the Macedonian assembly to depose Alexander.
(c) They expelled Alexander's troops from the city.
(d) They kidnapped Alexander's mother Olympias.

3. Who killed Amyntus and Caranus?
(a) Philip.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Olympias.
(d) Demosthenes.

4. How did Alexander finance his campaign into the Indian subcontinent?
(a) By levying a large tax on the Greek city-states.
(b) By holding Darius for ransom.
(c) By severely reducing the size of his army.
(d) By looting the royal treasury of Persepolis.

5. After Persepolis, which general did Alexander reduce in terms of power and authority?
(a) Parmenio.
(b) Philoxenus.
(c) Philip.
(d) Hephaestion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what financial state did Philip leave Macedonia when he died?

2. In response to learning that Philip supported the Persians, what did the Greeks do?

3. In what year was the battle of Pelium fought?

4. Where did Alexander begin his studies with Aristotle?

5. Which BEST characterizes the environment in which Alexander as a child was brought up?

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