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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While sieging Tyre, Alexander traveled to which city for reinforcements and his warships?
(a) Sidon.
(b) Athens.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Pella.

2. Which of the following BEST describes the final strategy Alexander used to enter Tyre?
(a) He forced Tyrian ships to a north harbor, and breached the city wall from the south.
(b) He starved its citizens into submission.
(c) He used the front of a ship as a battering ram.
(d) He cast dead bodies over the walls, spreading contagion and forcing surrender.

3. What occurred in the siege of Halicarnassus?
(a) The Persians took the city from Alexander, but Alexander had the city burned.
(b) Alexander took the city from the Persians, but the Persians set fire to most of the city.
(c) The Persians were defeated, but they scored an important victory in destroying Alexander's naval power.
(d) Alexander was triumphant, killing Memnon and ending his Persian campaign.

4. Mieza was known for what export?
(a) Wine.
(b) Iron.
(c) Olives.
(d) Wheat.

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

6. When King Philip met the Illyrians in battle, how many Illyrians did he kill, approximately?
(a) Only a handful.
(b) Seven thousand.
(c) One Hundred.
(d) Nineteen thousand.

7. What was the name of Philip's fifth wife?
(a) Olympias.
(b) Sharonia.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Helen.

8. Why was the Persian invasion of Greece called off?
(a) Memnon died unexpectedly.
(b) A great earthquake was taken as a sign to call off the invasion.
(c) Darius ran out of money.
(d) Alexander soundly defeated Memnon in Phoenicia.

9. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Alexander offer Thebes amnesty?
(a) He demanded that all the men of Thebes be imprisoned.
(b) He demanded all religious iconography in the city to be destroyed.
(c) He demanded that the leaders of the revolt surrender.
(d) He demanded all of the city's gold reserves.

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

11. In what year was Alexander the Great born?
(a) 356 BC.
(b) 120 AD.
(c) 808 BC.
(d) 3 AD.

12. Which commander opposed Alexander at the battle of Granicus River?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Memnon.
(c) Darius.
(d) Parmenio.

13. What action did Alexander take in the Persian campaign in regards to the town of Lampsacus?
(a) He took money from the town in order to leave it alone.
(b) He hired many mercenaries from the town.
(c) He sold all of the town's men into slavery.
(d) He razed the town to the ground.

14. How many troops did Alexander capture and enslave in the battle of Granicus River?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Ten thousand.

15. How did Darius respond to Alexander's successful siege of Tyre?
(a) He captured the neighboring city of Sidon.
(b) He tried to recapture the city.
(c) He proposed another peace settlement.
(d) He relinquished the throne and fled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alexander and his army build in order to lay siege to Tyre?

2. What was Thebes' immediate reaction to Alexander assuming the Macedonian throne?

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

4. When did Alexander begin his war against the Persians?

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

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