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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, pgs. 412-437.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Alexander encourage his men to marry in Persia?
(a) Alexander thought Persian women were extraordinarily beautiful.
(b) Alexander believed that Zeus himself had given the order to him.
(c) Alexander believed this would help the men miss their families less.
(d) Alexander had a belief that sexual energy in his men was bad for combat.

2. How did Alexander deal with the Gordian Knot?
(a) He cut it in half with a sword.
(b) He attached horses to either end and had them run in opposite directions.
(c) He painstakingly unraveled it.
(d) He was unable to untie the knot, in the end.

3. What military strategy did Philip innovate in his battle with the Illyrians?
(a) A slanted infantry line.
(b) Ranged combat with archers.
(c) Shields for the front line.
(d) He used elephants in war for the first time.

4. Who financed the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Amnytas.
(c) Parmenio.
(d) Olympias.

5. What was the ultimate result of the uprising of Thebes in 335 BC?
(a) The city was burned to the ground, but Alexander spared all its citizens.
(b) Thebes' citizens were massacred, but the city was left as a fortress.
(c) Thebes' brokered a peace and became part of Alexander's kingdom.
(d) Thebes' citizens were massacred and the city was burned to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is true of Alexander as a boy?

2. What was different between the way Alexander handled Miletus versus Thebes?

3. After Darius' death, whom did Alexander appoint as satrap?

4. What is the technical military term for a slanted infantry line, such as the one used at the battle of Chaeronaea?

5. Alexander led his army to which country in the summer of 331 BC?

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