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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the ultimate result of the uprising of Thebes in 335 BC?
(a) The city was burned to the ground, but Alexander spared all its citizens.
(b) Thebes' brokered a peace and became part of Alexander's kingdom.
(c) Thebes' citizens were massacred and the city was burned to the ground.
(d) Thebes' citizens were massacred, but the city was left as a fortress.

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

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

4. How did Alexander respond to Darius' settlement offer after Issus?
(a) He rejected all terms, vowing to defeat Darius soundly in battle.
(b) He accepted the terms, ending his conquest of Persia.
(c) He signed the treaty, but later betrayed Darius by breaking the treaty.
(d) He rejected the terms, but allowed Darius to retain his title of King of all Asia.

5. What is the name of the sea east of the Greek mainland?
(a) Caspian.
(b) Ionian.
(c) Black.
(d) Aegean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city refused to help Tyre in Alexander's siege?

2. What made Tyre difficult to capture?

3. Why was Philip interested in the region of Mt. Pangaeus?

4. What was Philip's opinion of his son's ambition?

5. What acted as a restraint on the power wielded by the King of Macedon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the geography of Macedonia.

2. Describe the siege of Tyre in 332 BC. Why was Tyre in a strategically advantageous position? What did Alexander do to overcome this advantage?

3. For what reasons was Macedonia deeply in debt in 335 BC, prior to the Persian campaign?

4. Why did Alexander decide to wage war against Persia? And what steps did Alexander take to raise his army?

5. Why did Alexander send Parmenio to Damascus shortly after Alexander met Darius at Marathos? What did Parmenio succeed in procuring?

6. What contact did Alexander have with Miletus? How was this contact different than his handling of Thebes?

7. Describe the events that led to the battle of Chaeronaea.

8. What did Darius propose at Marathos after the battle of Issus? What was Alexander's response?

9. What was the nature of the deal Alexander struck with Queen Ada in Allinda? Why was this a politically crafty strategy?

10. What was the last mission on which Philip sent Alexander?

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