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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. When did Alexander begin his war against the Persians?
(a) 348 BC.
(b) 315 BC.
(c) 117 AD.
(d) 334 BC.

2. Roxanne was the daughter to which baron?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Nazibarzanes.
(c) Oxyartes.
(d) Spitamenas.

3. How long did it take for Alexander to cross the Hindu Kush?
(a) Four months.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Seventeen days.
(d) Two days.

4. Which commander opposed Alexander at the battle of Granicus River?
(a) Darius.
(b) Memnon.
(c) Parmenio.
(d) Demosthenes.

5. How did Alexander finance his campaign into the Indian subcontinent?
(a) By severely reducing the size of his army.
(b) By levying a large tax on the Greek city-states.
(c) By holding Darius for ransom.
(d) By looting the royal treasury of Persepolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Chenab, what warning did a soothsayer have for Alexander?

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

3. Alexander believed which god was his true father?

4. Alexander was seriously wounded in what Indian battle?

5. What occurred in the siege of Halicarnassus?

(see the answer key)

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