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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the sea east of the Greek mainland?
(a) Black.
(b) Aegean.
(c) Ionian.
(d) Caspian.

3. What military strategy did Philip innovate in his battle with the Illyrians?
(a) Shields for the front line.
(b) A slanted infantry line.
(c) He used elephants in war for the first time.
(d) Ranged combat with archers.

4. What city state did Alexander attack in 336 BC as he pushed toward the Danube River?
(a) Macedonia.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Thrace.
(d) Persia.

5. Where did Darius offer a settlement to Alexander after the battle of Issus?
(a) Sidon.
(b) Tyre.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Marathos.

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

7. What was Philip's opinion of his son's ambition?
(a) Philip recognized it, and plotted with Olympias to kill Alexander.
(b) Philip did not recognize it, and Alexander seized power under his nose.
(c) Philip recognized it and tried to sire an alternate heir to Alexander.
(d) Philip recognized it, but thought Alexander was no threat.

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

9. When did Alexander begin his war against the Persians?
(a) 334 BC.
(b) 348 BC.
(c) 315 BC.
(d) 117 AD.

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

11. Which city refused to help Tyre in Alexander's siege?
(a) Carthage.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Sidon.
(d) Pelium.

12. What important battle took place in August 338?
(a) The battle of Chaeronaea.
(b) The battle of Peloponnesia.
(c) The battle of Jhelum River.
(d) The battle of Thebes.

13. Who was the mother of Alexander?
(a) Theta.
(b) Parmenia.
(c) Olympias.
(d) Ariadne.

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

15. Which Persian king did Alexander oppose in his military campaign?
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Apollonius.
(c) Darius.
(d) Memnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what financial state did Philip leave Macedonia when he died?

2. In which year did the Persians capture Sidon from the Greeks?

3. Which is NOT one of the qualities Aristotle bestowed on young Alexander?

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

5. Who financed the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?

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