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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Alexander have built after the battle of Granicus?
(a) Pamphylia.
(b) Memnon.
(c) New Smyrna.
(d) Ephesus.

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

3. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Thebes offer its surrender?
(a) City leaders demanded that their women survive unharmed.
(b) City leaders demanded Alexander relinquish the Macedonian crown.
(c) City leaders demanded the surrender of two of Alexander's military leaders.
(d) City leaders demanded that Alexander conquer their enemy, Thrace.

4. In what year was the battle of Pelium fought?
(a) 480 BC.
(b) 128 AD.
(c) 320 BC.
(d) 335 BC.

5. What was the Macedonian infantry known as?
(a) The Foot Companions.
(b) The Warrior Eagles.
(c) The Fighting Macedons.
(d) Ground Quake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city refused to help Tyre in Alexander's siege?

2. After Issus, Darius supplied the king of which territory with Persian ships?

3. In what year was Alexander the Great born?

4. Who financed the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?

5. What was the main weapon of the Macedonian infantry under King Philip?

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