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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What initially prevented Alexander from pursuing Bessus after Alexander executed Parmenio?
(a) Alexander had to travel back to Ionia to quell a rebellion.
(b) Alexander fell ill, and stopped to recover.
(c) Alexander had to seek out an oracle for divine advice.
(d) Alexander had to subdue revolts in the southern satrapies.

2. How many boys did Alexander choose to become Successors?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ninety-nine.
(c) Thirty-thousand.
(d) Four hundred.

3. What battle is said to be Alexander's greatest strategic triumph?
(a) Jhelum River.
(b) Gaugamela.
(c) Tyre.
(d) Pelium.

4. In 331 BC, how did Alexander learn about Darius' plan to attack him at the Tigris River?
(a) Captured Persian scouts confessed as much.
(b) He claimed to have a visit from his father, Zeus.
(c) Darius' consort betrayed his plans to Alexander.
(d) Alexander's own scouts reported Darius' troop movements.

5. About how long did Alexander wage war overall?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Nineteen years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Four years.

6. Why did Alexander travel down the Ravi River in Chenab?
(a) As a sort of honeymoon trip with Roxanne.
(b) To escape hostile Indian troops.
(c) To convince his soldiers he was not dead.
(d) He was scouting with his advanced scouts.

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

8. Who murdered Darius?
(a) Bessus only.
(b) Bessus and Nabarzanes.
(c) Bessus and Satibarzanes.
(d) Nabarzanes only.

9. Who did Alexander marry in a ceremony at Susa?
(a) Seven wives, one for each of the local Indian satraps.
(b) One wife, the daughter of Antipater.
(c) Three wives, one the daughter of Olympias.
(d) Two wives, one the daughter of Darius.

10. What happened to Alexander in Oxus?
(a) He had to order the execution of Parmenio.
(b) He learned of his mother's death from a messenger.
(c) Many troops mutinied.
(d) He survived an assassination attempt by a former male lover.

11. What region did Antipater rule as Alexander's regent?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Greece.
(c) India.
(d) Egypt.

12. Alexander believed which god was his true father?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hades.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

13. Why was Darius murdered?
(a) Darius was murdered by the citizens of Persepolis as revenge for the city's sacking.
(b) Darius was murdered in a fit of blind rage.
(c) Darius was murdered so that Alexander could not capture him and have an orderly succession.
(d) Darius was murdered in a ransom gone wrong.

14. On what island did Alexander build the city of Alexandria?
(a) Pharos.
(b) Ionia.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Tyre.

15. What upset Alexander about his time in the Bactria area?
(a) He could not find a suitable mate for a political marriage.
(b) He had spent too much time quelling revolts.
(c) He found much treasure, but had no way to transport it.
(d) His infant son died.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Persepolis, which general did Alexander reduce in terms of power and authority?

2. How did the ethnic makeup of Alexander's army change by the time he entered India?

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

4. Who appeared to Alexander in December 325 BC to inform him of the status of his fleet at Hormoz?

5. To what land did Alexander plan travel to after India?

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