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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Alexander send to Damascus for the Persian royal treasure?
(a) Hephaestion.
(b) Ada.
(c) Parmenio.
(d) Memnon.

2. What strategy did Philip use in 939 to defeat his enemy?
(a) He forced a land war, as opposed to a war on the sea.
(b) He forced a sea war, as opposed to a war on land.
(c) He used ballista for the first time in a battle.
(d) He married a rival queen to forge peace.

3. Which Persian king did Alexander oppose in his military campaign?
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Darius.
(c) Apollonius.
(d) Memnon.

4. In Persia's efforts to capture Sidon, whom did Philip support?
(a) The Assyrians.
(b) The Spartans.
(c) The Athenians.
(d) The Egyptians.

5. In a settlement after Issus, Darius offered to cede lands west of which river?
(a) Euphrates.
(b) Halys.
(c) Black.
(d) Ionian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Tyre difficult to capture?

2. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Alexander offer Thebes amnesty?

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

4. What was Philip's stance on Panhellenism?

5. What was the Macedonian infantry known as?

(see the answer key)

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