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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. What action by Alexander contributed to the debt of Macedonia prior to the Persian campaign?
(a) Alexander had imported animals from all around the world for a zoo.
(b) Alexander had refused to tax the citizens.
(c) Alexander had built a host of war machines at great cost.
(d) Alexander held a series of legendary and expensive feasts.

2. Where did Alexander begin his studies with Aristotle?
(a) Mieza.
(b) Jhelum.
(c) Pella.
(d) Athens.

3. What action did Alexander take in the Persian campaign in regards to the town of Lampsacus?
(a) He took money from the town in order to leave it alone.
(b) He hired many mercenaries from the town.
(c) He sold all of the town's men into slavery.
(d) He razed the town to the ground.

4. Persepolis was the burial place of whom?
(a) Macedonian kings.
(b) Achaemenid kings.
(c) Alexander's mother.
(d) Athenian senators.

5. How many troops did Alexander capture and enslave in the battle of Granicus River?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Alexander send to Damascus for the Persian royal treasure?

3. Where did Darius offer a settlement to Alexander after the battle of Issus?

4. Where did Alexander travel after Gaugamela?

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

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