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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, pg. 299-349.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first town to which Alexander came in the Persian campaign?
(a) Gordium.
(b) Lampsacus.
(c) Pelium.
(d) Granicus.

2. How did Alexander deal with the Gordian Knot?
(a) He cut it in half with a sword.
(b) He was unable to untie the knot, in the end.
(c) He attached horses to either end and had them run in opposite directions.
(d) He painstakingly unraveled it.

3. Persepolis was the burial place of whom?
(a) Athenian senators.
(b) Alexander's mother.
(c) Achaemenid kings.
(d) Macedonian kings.

4. What was the ratio of Persians to Macedonians at Gaugamela?
(a) One to Five.
(b) One to One.
(c) Five to One.
(d) One-hundred to One.

5. While in Gordium, what did Alexander take as a sign from Zeus to continue his campaign?
(a) A hawk landing on a statue of Zeus.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) A calf born with two heads.
(d) An earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Darius of Persia respond to the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?

2. After Issus, Darius supplied the king of which territory with Persian ships?

3. What city did Alexander have built after the battle of Granicus?

4. Which was NOT one of the types of troops Alexander included in his army that battled the Persians?

5. How long did Alexander spend in Egypt in total?

(see the answer key)

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