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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements is true of Alexander as a boy?
(a) Alexander was jealous of his father's military conquests.
(b) Alexander never held grudges, and was always quick to forgive.
(c) Alexander was shy and unassuming, and cared little for glory.
(d) Alexander loathed his mother and much preferred his father.

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

3. Where did Alexander begin his studies with Aristotle?
(a) Jhelum.
(b) Mieza.
(c) Athens.
(d) Pella.

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

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

6. How did Darius of Persia respond to the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?
(a) He did not support it, and tried to conquer the city himself.
(b) He supported it, knowing that it would stall Alexander from invading Persia.
(c) He did not support it, preferring to let the Greeks handle their own affairs.
(d) He supported it, because he was a staunch ally of Thebes.

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

8. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Thebes offer its surrender?
(a) City leaders demanded that Alexander conquer their enemy, Thrace.
(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 their women survive unharmed.

9. What was NOT one of the actions Alexander took after his father was murdered?
(a) He gave key positions to friends returned from exile.
(b) He maintained the overall principles of his father's administration.
(c) He had several of his political enemies murdered.
(d) He personally murdered Cleopatra's baby and possible heir to the throne, Cananis.

10. What was the first town to which Alexander came in the Persian campaign?
(a) Gordium.
(b) Pelium.
(c) Granicus.
(d) Lampsacus.

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

12. What strategy did Philip use in 939 to defeat his enemy?
(a) He married a rival queen to forge peace.
(b) He forced a sea war, as opposed to a war on land.
(c) He used ballista for the first time in a battle.
(d) He forced a land war, as opposed to a war on the sea.

13. What was the name of the capital of Macedonia?
(a) Lampsacus.
(b) Mieta.
(c) Athens.
(d) Pella.

14. What was different between the way Alexander handled Miletus versus Thebes?
(a) Unlike Miletus, Alexander skipped Thebes over and did not enter it.
(b) Unlike Thebes, Alexander skipped Miletus over and did not enter it.
(c) Unlike Thebes, Alexander spared the people of Miletus.
(d) Unlike Miletus, Alexander spared the people of Thebes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What political deal did Alexander strike with queen Ada in Allinda?

2. In the summer of 939, with what threat did Philip have to contend?

3. After the battle of Granicus, Alexander established a base in what location?

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

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

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