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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, pg. 270-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alexander travel after Gaugamela?
(a) Macedonia.
(b) Athens.
(c) Ionia.
(d) Babylon.

2. In which year did the Persians capture Sidon from the Greeks?
(a) 785 BC.
(b) 114 AD.
(c) 202 BC.
(d) 345 BC.

3. What was Thebes' immediate reaction to Alexander assuming the Macedonian throne?
(a) They tried to bribe members of the Macedonian assembly to depose Alexander.
(b) They openly accepted Alexander as their king.
(c) They expelled Alexander's troops from the city.
(d) They kidnapped Alexander's mother Olympias.

4. What did Alexander and his army build in order to lay siege to Tyre?
(a) A Trojan horse.
(b) The first submarine.
(c) A causeway.
(d) A monument to Zeus.

5. In what financial state did Philip leave Macedonia when he died?
(a) Macedonia was barely making money.
(b) Philip died in debt.
(c) Macedonia was bankrupt, and citizens were fleeing the country.
(d) Macedonia was left in a very prosperous state.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a settlement after Issus, Darius offered to cede lands west of which river?

2. What action did Alexander take in the Persian campaign in regards to the town of Lampsacus?

3. Which of the following BEST describes the final strategy Alexander used to enter Tyre?

4. Persepolis was the burial place of whom?

5. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Thebes offer its surrender?

(see the answer key)

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