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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could Macedonia be characterized prior to Philip's rule?
(a) Warlike and imperial.
(b) Mystical and feared.
(c) Peaceful and powerful.
(d) Weak and insignificant.

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

3. Where was Alexander the Great born?
(a) Athens.
(b) Jhelum.
(c) Pella.
(d) Babylon.

4. In which year did the Persians capture Sidon from the Greeks?
(a) 114 AD.
(b) 345 BC.
(c) 202 BC.
(d) 785 BC.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT one of the actions Alexander took after his father was murdered?

2. Who killed Amyntus and Caranus?

3. What military strategy did Philip innovate in his battle with the Illyrians?

4. Who assassinated Philip?

5. What regions was Macedonia divided into prior to Alexander's birth?

(see the answer key)

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