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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 title was given to Alexander after the battle of Gaugamela?
(a) King of the World.
(b) King of the Gaugamelites.
(c) Pharaoh of Egypt.
(d) Lord of Asia.

2. In the summer of 939, with what threat did Philip have to contend?
(a) A great famine which swept Macedonia.
(b) The possibility that Olympias would have him murdered.
(c) The possibility of city states joining forces to invade Macedonia.
(d) An insurrection on the part of the Macedonian assembly.

3. What kind of military leader was King Philip?
(a) He relied heavily on improvisation and instinct.
(b) He did not keep much of an army during his reign.
(c) He was a strict disciplinarian.
(d) He was a procrastinator who did not insist on high standards.

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

5. In January 330 BC, Alexander traveled to which city?
(a) Pella.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Persepolis.
(d) Tyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Philip interested in the region of Mt. Pangaeus?

2. Which of the following was NOT captured by Alexander at Damascus?

3. Who financed the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?

4. What did Alexander decide to do with Darius' body?

5. After Darius' death, whom did Alexander appoint as satrap?

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