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

2. What city did Alexander have built after the battle of Granicus?
(a) Pamphylia.
(b) Ephesus.
(c) New Smyrna.
(d) Memnon.

3. How many years did Alexander study with Aristotle?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Eight.
(d) Fourteen.

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

5. What occurred in the siege of Halicarnassus?
(a) Alexander was triumphant, killing Memnon and ending his Persian campaign.
(b) Alexander took the city from the Persians, but the Persians set fire to most of the city.
(c) The Persians were defeated, but they scored an important victory in destroying Alexander's naval power.
(d) The Persians took the city from Alexander, but Alexander had the city burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of military leader was King Philip?

2. How did Alexander deal with the Gordian Knot?

3. Which BEST characterizes the environment in which Alexander as a child was brought up?

4. Who led the troops in an August 338 battle?

5. Where did Darius offer a settlement to Alexander after the battle of Issus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Alexander decide to wage war against Persia? And what steps did Alexander take to raise his army?

2. Describe the major events of the Siege of Halicarnassus.

3. Describe the geography of Macedonia.

4. Describe the major events of the battle of Granicus River.

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

6. Why did Alexander send Parmenio to Damascus shortly after Alexander met Darius at Marathos? What did Parmenio succeed in procuring?

7. What important messages did King Philip of Macedon receive in September 356 BC?

8. What contact did Alexander have with Miletus? How was this contact different than his handling of Thebes?

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

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

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