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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. How does Alexander respond to Darius' suggestion that Alexander should marry Darius' daughter?
(a) He accepts it.
(b) He refuses it.
(c) He agrees to think about it.
(d) He ignores it.

2. How many of Alexander's men are killed in the second battle with the Thracians?
(a) Seventy five.
(b) Sixty five.
(c) Fifty five.
(d) Forty five.

3. Which omen does Alexander pay attention to which leads him to render the Persian navy useless?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A lion.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A hawk.

4. How many talents does Darius offer to Alexander as a way to retrieve his royal family?
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Fifteen thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not included in the description of the scenery surrounding the shrine of Ammon?

2. How does Darius and the Persian army prepare to battle Alexander for the second time?

3. How is Ammon later described?

4. Which one of the following is secured by the Macedonians while Alexander is at Soli?

5. What temple is a source of refuge for a town's population as Alexander battles to secure Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news does Alexander receive at Soli and how do the Macedonians celebrate?

3. What is the Gordian knot and how does Alexander deal with it?

4. What threat does Glaucias pose to Alexander and how do the Macedonians attempt to take the town of Pelium?

5. Where does Alexander chase Bessus, and how is Bessus captured?

6. What happens when Darius and Alexander meet for the second time?

7. What does Alexander do at Pasargadae and why?

8. Where does the second battle between the Macedonians and the Persians take place, and what preparations are made for it?

9. What incident occurs when the Uxians attempt to interfere with Alexander's plans to pass through the Persian Gates?

10. What happens in the battle between the Macedonians and the Persians at Issus?

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