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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 seek out an oracle for divine advice.
(b) Alexander had to travel back to Ionia to quell a rebellion.
(c) Alexander had to subdue revolts in the southern satrapies.
(d) Alexander fell ill, and stopped to recover.

2. 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 ransom gone wrong.
(c) Darius was murdered so that Alexander could not capture him and have an orderly succession.
(d) Darius was murdered in a fit of blind rage.

3. What action did Alexander take in Opis in 324 BC in regards to his army?
(a) Alexander demobilized older troops in favor of younger troops.
(b) Alexander killed hundreds of men as part of a purge.
(c) Alexander promoted many Persians to officers.
(d) Alexander recruited boys as young as ten to act as spies throughout his empire.

4. Where did Alexander travel after Gaugamela?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Ionia.
(c) Macedonia.
(d) Athens.

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

6. By July 325 BC, Alexander had reached what territory?
(a) Pattala.
(b) Tyre.
(c) Hindu Kush.
(d) Macedonia.

7. What was Alexander's expectation of riches in India, and what in reality did he find there?
(a) Alexander had no hopes for Indian riches, and he was accurate in his prediction.
(b) Alexander imagined India was full of riches, and indeed he found many riches there.
(c) Alexander had no hopes for Indian riches, and was pleasantly surprised finding many riches there.
(d) Alexander imagined India was full of riches, but in reality he did not acquire much.

8. What strategy did Alexander take in regards to Ambphi?
(a) He was nice and generous, as he needed their help.
(b) He recruited all the men of Ambphi into his army.
(c) He crushed the city in a massacre.
(d) He skipped the city over, for larger conquests.

9. In which Egyptian city was Alexander proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Gaza.
(d) Pelusium.

10. What strategy did Alexander use to defeat the Indian army?
(a) He divided his army.
(b) He had the leader assassinated.
(c) He used complex siege tactics with catapults and trebuchets.
(d) He used only his most veteran warriors.

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

12. After Massago, what action did Alexander take with his army?
(a) He split his army up.
(b) He executed the majority of his soldiers.
(c) He paid them to marry Massago women.
(d) He dismissed any man who did not believe in the mission.

13. What was Alexander's extent of knowledge of Indian geography, upon entering India?
(a) Having traveled there twice in the past, he was quite knowledgeable about Indian geography.
(b) He had no knowledge of Indian geography.
(c) Aristotle had taught him about the major geographical features of India.
(d) He claimed to have been divinely told about Indian geography, angering his troops.

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

15. After Persepolis, which general did Alexander reduce in terms of power and authority?
(a) Philoxenus.
(b) Philip.
(c) Parmenio.
(d) Hephaestion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What order did Alexander give when his army reached Persepolis?

3. What did Alexander do to initially confuse the Indian army at the Jhelum River?

4. What title was given to Alexander after the battle of Gaugamela?

5. What happened with the satrap Alexander appointed after Darius' death?

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