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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alexander replace at the tomb of Cyrus?
(a) Riches.
(b) Water.
(c) Trees.
(d) Flowers.

2. What final "unconquerable place" does Alexander attack after defeating the mercenaries from Massaga?
(a) The Rock of Aornos.
(b) The Rock of Arachosia.
(c) The Rock of Pamir.
(d) The Rock of Maracanda.

3. What happens between the natives on top of the Rock of Chorienes and the Macedonians?
(a) The natives hide from Alexander.
(b) Their leader surrenders to Alexander.
(c) The natives begin jumping off the mountain.
(d) The natives begin attacking the Macedonians as they reach the top.

4. When does Alexander give Porus his kingdom back?
(a) May of 362 B.C.
(b) June of 326 B.C.
(c) May of 326 B.C.
(d) June of 362 B.C.

5. What gives stability to the bridge that Alexander is building to cross the river?
(a) Railings.
(b) Rock piles.
(c) Poles.
(d) Rope.

6. What is the largest town that Alexander has resistance from, and the town that is populated by the Scythians?
(a) Phrygia.
(b) Gedrosia.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Cyropolis.

7. What causes Alexander to kill Cleitus?
(a) He is drunk and they argue.
(b) He mistakes Cleitus for an enemy.
(c) He is defending himself.
(d) He hears Cleitus plans to assassinate him.

8. Whom do the elephants trample in trying to escape the Macedonians' assault?
(a) Only the Indians.
(b) Neither the Macedonians nor the Indians.
(c) The Macedonians and the Indians.
(d) Only the Macedonians.

9. How much resistance does Alexander encounter as he marches into India?
(a) Moderate resistance.
(b) Slight resistance.
(c) No resistance.
(d) Significant resistance.

10. How does Alexander deal with the resistance he encounters on the way to the Indian Ocean after recovering from his injury?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) He does not encounter any resistance.
(d) At a normal pace.

11. What wounds Alexander during the fight in a Mallian town?
(a) A spear.
(b) A fire.
(c) A rock.
(d) An arrow.

12. How many towns offer Alexander resistance in the beginning of Section 4?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

13. Which river does Alexander travel after recovering from his injury?
(a) Hydaspes.
(b) Tigris.
(c) Indus.
(d) Acesines.

14. What do the Macedonians use against the elephants in Porus' army?
(a) Water.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Pikes.

15. Who was Alexander's childhood tutor?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the Macedonians argues against the idea of prostration?

2. What happens to Bessus after he is captured by Alexander?

3. What do the Macedonians exploit to gain an early advantage over Porus and the Indians?

4. How many cavalry does Porus' son have when he first encounters Alexander?

5. Whom does Alexander make a sacrifice to after the death of Cleitus?

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