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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. Who did Alexander send to Sousa after leaving Gaugamela?
(a) Parmenio.
(b) Philoxenus.
(c) Pelium.
(d) Philip.

2. For his 336 BC to 335 BC military campaign, what kind of training did Alexander have his troops undergo?
(a) Desert warfare.
(b) Naval warfare.
(c) Amphibious warfare.
(d) Mountain warfare.

3. What was NOT one of the actions Alexander took after his father was murdered?
(a) He maintained the overall principles of his father's administration.
(b) He gave key positions to friends returned from exile.
(c) He personally murdered Cleopatra's baby and possible heir to the throne, Cananis.
(d) He had several of his political enemies murdered.

4. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Thebes offer its surrender?
(a) City leaders demanded that their women survive unharmed.
(b) City leaders demanded Alexander relinquish the Macedonian crown.
(c) City leaders demanded that Alexander conquer their enemy, Thrace.
(d) City leaders demanded the surrender of two of Alexander's military leaders.

5. What city state did Alexander attack in 336 BC as he pushed toward the Danube River?
(a) Persia.
(b) Thrace.
(c) Macedonia.
(d) Thebes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city refused to help Tyre in Alexander's siege?

2. What was the attitude of Alexander's army after the battle of Gaugamela?

3. What promise did Alexander make to the citizens of Babylon when entering the city?

4. In what financial state did Philip leave Macedonia when he died?

5. Who financed the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?

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