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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ammon later described?
(a) As a man with a bell.
(b) As a bull.
(c) As a ram.
(d) As a man with horns.

2. How many lines of men does the phalanx consist of?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

3. What part of the enemy army does Alexander position his mounted archers against in the battle with Porus?
(a) The left flank.
(b) The center.
(c) The right flank.
(d) Both the left and right flank.

4. How long after the fact does Arrian write about the campaigns of Alexander?
(a) Three hundred years.
(b) Five hundred years.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) Four hundred years.

5. Where is the former governor/satrap of Egypt killed?
(a) Sochoi.
(b) Troprokkale.
(c) Issus.
(d) Mariandrus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Alexander's troops defend themselves against the arrows of the enemy on the way up the Rock of Chorienes?

2. What final "unconquerable place" does Alexander attack after defeating the mercenaries from Massaga?

3. What is the knot that Alexander attempts to untie at Gordium called?

4. How are the sides matched in the battle between Alexander and Darius?

5. What temple is a source of refuge for a town's population as Alexander battles to secure Egypt?

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