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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alexander first attack the Persian army in their second battle?
(a) The middle.
(b) The left flank.
(c) The right flank.
(d) Both the left and right flanks.

2. How long after the fact does Arrian write about the campaigns of Alexander?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) Four hundred years.
(c) Three hundred years.
(d) Two hundred years.

3. How are the sides matched in the battle between Alexander and Darius?
(a) Both armies have the same number of troops.
(b) Alexander's army is outnumbered.
(c) There is no record of how many troops either army had.
(d) Darius' army is outnumbered.

4. Where is the former governor/satrap of Egypt killed?
(a) Troprokkale.
(b) Sochoi.
(c) Issus.
(d) Mariandrus.

5. How old is Alexander when he takes the throne of Macedon?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to burn down the towers that Alexander builds as he attempts to secure Egypt?

2. Who does Alexander make sacrifices to after seizing the town of the Getae?

3. What season is it when Alexander finishes reorganizing the government of Egypt and heads north?

4. How is Ammon later described?

5. Which assassin is responsible for killing Philip of Macedon?

(see the answer key)

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