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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Alexander to kill Cleitus?
(a) He is drunk and they argue.
(b) He mistakes Cleitus for an enemy.
(c) He is defending himself.
(d) He hears Cleitus plans to assassinate him.

2. How long does it take for Alexander to regret killing Cleitus?
(a) He never regrets it.
(b) He regrets it the next week.
(c) He regrets it immediately.
(d) He regrets it the next day.

3. Which one of the following is not something that Alexander tells his men after they have requested to return home?
(a) They are not allowed to leave.
(b) They can go home.
(c) They are deserting him.
(d) He will find others to fight with.

4. When do the Macedonians set sail for home?
(a) Early afternoon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Evening.

5. What gives stability to the bridge that Alexander is building to cross the river?
(a) Railings.
(b) Poles.
(c) Rope.
(d) Rock piles.

6. How does monsoon season affect sea travel?
(a) It has no effect on sea travel.
(b) It makes sea travel impossible.
(c) It is not good for sea travel.
(d) It is good for sea travel.

7. How many towns offer Alexander resistance in the beginning of Section 4?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

8. On the way back home, what river does Alexander take to the Indian Ocean?
(a) Narmada.
(b) Hydaspes.
(c) Ganges.
(d) Mathura.

9. How many animals die in the desert that the Macedonians travel across after monsoon season?
(a) Most of them.
(b) Half of them.
(c) Few of them.
(d) None of them.

10. When does Alexander give Porus his kingdom back?
(a) May of 326 B.C.
(b) June of 362 B.C.
(c) June of 326 B.C.
(d) May of 362 B.C.

11. What is the result of the alternate route that Alexander takes to the Indian Ocean?
(a) He takes the same route both times.
(b) It is easier than the first route.
(c) It is more difficult than the first route.
(d) It is the same level of difficulty as the first route.

12. How many guards are with Alexander as he jumps into a town before being wounded?
(a) A few.
(b) None.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

13. What is the weather like on the night before the Macedonians cross the river while battling Porus?
(a) There is a typhoon.
(b) There is a flood.
(c) It is clear.
(d) There is a rainstorm.

14. How much trouble does Alexander have in taking the first Mallian town?
(a) Severe.
(b) None.
(c) Little.
(d) Moderate.

15. What do the natives on top of the Rock of Sogdiana tell Alexander that he needs to defeat them?
(a) Bigger arrows.
(b) Longer spears.
(c) Soldiers with wings.
(d) A catapult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alexander replace at the tomb of Cyrus?

2. How does Alexander position his forces to cross the river during the battle with Porus?

3. What town informs Alexander that Porus intends to stop the Macedonian army?

4. How does Alexander assure his men that he is still alive after being injured by the Mallians?

5. Where does Alexander travel to after the flash flood?

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