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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. What does Alexander reportedly hear from the oracle?
(a) What he wants to hear.
(b) There is no record of what Alexander hears from the oracle.
(c) Some of what he wants to hear and some of what he does not want to hear.
(d) The opposite of what he wants to hear.

2. How was Ammon first depicted?
(a) As a bull.
(b) As a walrus.
(c) As a cow.
(d) As a ram.

3. What other name is Arrian, the author, known as?
(a) Xenophon.
(b) Homer.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Anacreon.

4. How many cavalry does Alexander have when he makes his way to Pine Island?
(a) Fifteen hundred.
(b) Seventeen hundred.
(c) Sixteen hundred.
(d) Eighteen hundred.

5. How does Alexander respond to Darius' offer to be allies?
(a) He does not understand the offer.
(b) He accepts the offer.
(c) He ignores the offer.
(d) He rejects the offer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Macedonians enter the second battle against Darius and the Persian army?

2. Why does Alexander fine the town of Soli?

3. How does Alexander defeat Glaucias?

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

5. Which northwest town rebels against Alexander after his battle with Glaucias?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What omen does Alexander listen to in preparing to battle the Persians?

3. What happens at Gaza and what overall strategy does Alexander have for his campaigns?

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

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

6. How does Alexander assume the crown of Macedon?

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

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

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

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

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