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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What monument was built in response to events after the battle of Chaeronaea?

2. How could Macedonia be characterized prior to Philip's rule?

3. What important battle took place in August 338?

4. Where was Alexander the Great born?

5. Who financed the Thebes uprising of 335 BC?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Alexander's sack of Thebes. What negotiations occurred (and failed) prior to the city's destruction?

2. Describe Alexander's time in Gordium, including the Gordian Knot and the omen Alexander believed he received from Zeus.

3. Describe how Philip was murdered. What was the outcome of this murder?

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

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

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

7. Describe the personal qualities of Alexander as a boy.

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

9. What did Darius propose at Marathos after the battle of Issus? What was Alexander's response?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

a) Describe the manner in which Darius died.

b) How did Darius' death impact Alexander's political as well as military strategies? What challenges did the death present?

c) How did Alexander react to Darius' death, and how did he change his strategy to suit the moment?

Essay Topic 2

a) Why did Alexander's victory at Gaugamela and resultant strategy represent a turning point in Alexander's relationship with his professional army? How did this relationship progress over time?

b) Describe the events of Chenab and Chenab citadel, and how they relate to Alexander's relationship with his troops.

b) Describe what action Alexander took at Opis, and how it relates to his relationship with his troops.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the upbringing Alexander experienced prior to studying with Aristotle, with the experience Alexander had with his years of study with Aristotle. How was Alexander's life different in each setting? What values did Alexander absorb in each setting?

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