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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. How many cavalry does Alexander have when he makes his way to Pine Island?
(a) Sixteen hundred.
(b) Seventeen hundred.
(c) Fifteen hundred.
(d) Eighteen hundred.

2. What is the knot that Alexander attempts to untie at Gordium called?
(a) The Great Knot of Asia.
(b) The Great Knot of Gordian.
(c) The Gordian knot.
(d) The Asian knot.

3. How does Athens originally react to Alexander's plan to build an army?
(a) They are confused by it.
(b) They encourage it.
(c) They resist it.
(d) They are angered by it.

4. How does Alexander respond to Darius' suggestion that Alexander should marry Darius' daughter?
(a) He refuses it.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He agrees to think about it.
(d) He accepts it.

5. Who is Alexander warned not to trust when he becomes ill?
(a) His army.
(b) The people of the town where he is staying.
(c) His physician.
(d) His general.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not included in the description of the scenery surrounding the shrine of Ammon?

2. How does Alexander defeat Glaucias?

3. When does Alexander arrive in Thapsacus?

4. How many talents is the town of Soli fined by Alexander?

5. How many miles does the Getae army retreat after Alexander attacks them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident occurs when the Uxians attempt to interfere with Alexander's plans to pass through the Persian Gates?

2. How does Alexander defeat the Tyrians?

3. How is Darius betrayed and killed?

4. How do Alexander and the Macedonians win their first battle with the Thracians?

5. What does Alexander do at Pasargadae and why?

6. What is the first thing that Alexander does once he becomes the ruler of Macedon, and how does the city of Athens respond?

7. What threat does Glaucias pose to Alexander and how do the Macedonians attempt to take the town of Pelium?

8. What happens at Gaza and what overall strategy does Alexander have for his campaigns?

9. What problem does Alexander face at the island of Tyre?

10. What happens in the battle between the Macedonians and the Persians at Issus?

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