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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, pgs. 379-412.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Alexander spend in Egypt in total?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Fourteen months.

2. What was the attitude of Alexander's army after the battle of Gaugamela?
(a) The army wished to strike for more pay.
(b) Many were completely willing to travel into the Indian subcontinent.
(c) Many wanted to return to Macedonia.
(d) Alexander had to kill dozens of mutinous soldiers.

3. Who did Alexander send to Sousa after leaving Gaugamela?
(a) Pelium.
(b) Parmenio.
(c) Philip.
(d) Philoxenus.

4. How did Alexander respond to Darius' death?
(a) He felt his only option was to present himself as Darius' choice for successor.
(b) He pretended that Darius was still alive for political reasons.
(c) He systematically burned all villages to which he came.
(d) He abandoned his campaign further east, since he had accomplished his ultimate goal.

5. What did Alexander and his army build in order to lay siege to Tyre?
(a) A Trojan horse.
(b) The first submarine.
(c) A causeway.
(d) A monument to Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assassinated Philip?

2. What role did Alexander envision his Successors would have?

3. What was Philip's stance on Panhellenism?

4. What occurred in the siege of Halicarnassus?

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

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