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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many talents does Darius offer to Alexander as a way to retrieve his royal family?

2. Where is Alexander crowned the Pharaoh?

3. Which river does Alexander cross before battling the Getae army?

4. What does Alexander reportedly hear from the oracle?

5. How many Getae troops have gathered on the opposite bank of Pine Island as Alexander attempts to land?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the author's intention in "The Campaigns of Alexander", and what challenge does he make to the reader?

3. What is the warning that Alexander receives while he is ill during the march from Asia to Tarsus, and how does he respond?

4. How is Darius betrayed and killed?

5. What trouble does Alexander overcome while passing through the Persian Gates?

6. What does Alexander do at Pasargadae and why?

7. What happens when Darius and Alexander meet for the second time?

8. Whom do the Thracians recruit for the second battle with the Macedonians and what is the result?

9. How do the Macedonians pass through the Syrian Gates, and what weakness does Alexander correct before facing Darius and the Persians?

10. How does Alexander surprise the Getae army and what happens during their battle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the circumstances surrounding the controversial assassination of Philip of Macedon. Include the varying theories of who is responsible for the assassination and the implications of Philips' death for Macedon in general.

Essay Topic 2

The beginning of Alexander's Asian campaign features two mysteries and a celebration. 1) Describe the legend of the Gordian knot and how Alexander deals with it.

2) Explain the warning that Alexander receives about his physician, Alexander's response to it, and what his actions display.

3) Describe in detail the celebrations that become customary for Alexander's campaigns, beginning with the one at Soli.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Alexander's speech and Coenus' speech as the decision is made to return home and end the campaign. Use the book as a reference to form an analysis of why Coenus' speech was so effective, the points he makes during it, and Alexander's manipulative response to it.

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