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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, pg. 299-349.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Tyre difficult to capture?
(a) Its citizens were violent religious zealots.
(b) It received funding for warships from Demosthenes.
(c) It was located on an island, and had walls on the shores.
(d) Its army was exceedingly well trained.

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

3. Alexander led his army to which country in the summer of 331 BC?
(a) Ionia.
(b) Lepsis.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Syria.

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

5. What was the outcome of the Battle of Chaeronaea?
(a) Philip won a decisive victory.
(b) Philip did not win, but importantly he managed to destroy the Athenian navy.
(c) Philip fought to an unsatisfying standstill.
(d) Philip was soundly defeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ultimate result of the uprising of Thebes in 335 BC?

2. Who killed Amyntus and Caranus?

3. In what year was Alexander the Great born?

4. Who did Alexander send to Damascus for the Persian royal treasure?

5. What title was given to Alexander after the battle of Gaugamela?

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