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

2. Which BEST characterizes the environment in which Alexander as a child was brought up?
(a) A peasant life of hard work in the fields.
(b) A male-dominated world of feasts and professional soldiers.
(c) A quiet life involving religious contemplation.
(d) A female-dominated world of waiting women and artists.

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

4. What was the first town to which Alexander came in the Persian campaign?
(a) Granicus.
(b) Pelium.
(c) Gordium.
(d) Lampsacus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long did Alexander wage war overall?

2. What initially prevented Alexander from pursuing Bessus after Alexander executed Parmenio?

3. Who was the leader of Gaza when Alexander arrived at the city?

4. In what year was Alexander the Great born?

5. What important battle took place in August 338?

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