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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What monument was built in response to events after the battle of Chaeronaea?
(a) The Philippians.
(b) The Great Library.
(c) The Alabaster Tower.
(d) The Hanging Gardens.

2. After Issus, Darius supplied the king of which territory with Persian ships?
(a) Thessaly.
(b) Athens.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Ionia.

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

4. In what financial state did Philip leave Macedonia when he died?
(a) Philip died in debt.
(b) Macedonia was barely making money.
(c) Macedonia was bankrupt, and citizens were fleeing the country.
(d) Macedonia was left in a very prosperous state.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alexander deal with the Gordian Knot?

2. What occurred in the siege of Halicarnassus?

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

4. What was Philip's opinion of his son's ambition?

5. Why was Philip interested in the region of Mt. Pangaeus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Philip initially molded his army into a formidable force.

2. Describe the battle of Chaeronea. Who won, and how?

3. Who supported the Thebean uprising? What role did Darius of Persia have in the uprising?

4. What immediate actions did Alexander take after his father Philip was murdered?

5. Describe the battle of Pelium, including its pretext and its outcome.

6. Describe the siege of Tyre in 332 BC. Why was Tyre in a strategically advantageous position? What did Alexander do to overcome this advantage?

7. Describe the diplomatic fallout in regards to Persia's capturing of Sidon in 345 BC.

8. Describe the final assault on Tyre. How was Alexander finally able to breach the city walls? And how did he handle the citizens therein?

9. What was the last mission on which Philip sent Alexander?

10. For what reasons was Macedonia deeply in debt in 335 BC, prior to the Persian campaign?

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