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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. As mentioned in the book, what are some of the accounts of Alexander's visit with the oracle provided by other historians considered?
(a) Exaggerations.
(b) Part truth and part lies.
(c) There are no other accounts of the visit.
(d) Fabrications.

2. How is Ammon later described?
(a) As a bull.
(b) As a ram.
(c) As a man with a bell.
(d) As a man with horns.

3. What part of his army does Alexander reinforce before charging Darius' army?
(a) The left plank.
(b) The right plank.
(c) The middle.
(d) The back.

4. How many talents is the town of Soli fined by Alexander?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

5. Where does Alexander dispatch his troops to retrieve Darius' treasure after the battle?
(a) Latakia.
(b) Saida.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Tripoli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river is Thapsacus located near?

2. In one version of the story, how does Alexander deal with the knot at Gordium?

3. According to the legend, what happens to a person if they can untie the knot at Gordium?

4. When is Philip of Macedon assassinated?

5. As Alexander approaches, where does Darius move his troops?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Macedonians pass through the Syrian Gates, and what weakness does Alexander correct before facing Darius and the Persians?

2. How does Alexander surprise the Getae army and what happens during their battle?

3. How is Darius betrayed and killed?

4. What is the second offer that Darius makes to Alexander and how does he respond?

5. How does Alexander assume the crown of Macedon?

6. What is the warning that Alexander receives while he is ill during the march from Asia to Tarsus, and how does he respond?

7. What is the first thing that Alexander does once he becomes the ruler of Macedon, and how does the city of Athens respond?

8. How does Alexander defeat the Tyrians?

9. What offer does Darius make to Alexander after losing the first battle?

10. What is the author's intention in "The Campaigns of Alexander", and what challenge does he make to the reader?

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