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

2. On what river does Alexander first use boats to build a bridge?
(a) Indus.
(b) Narmada.
(c) Kaveri.
(d) Ganges.

3. Where is Porus wounded in the battle with Alexander?
(a) The right shoulder.
(b) The left shoulder.
(c) The right leg.
(d) The left leg.

4. On the way back home, what river does Alexander take to the Indian Ocean?
(a) Ganges.
(b) Hydaspes.
(c) Mathura.
(d) Narmada.

5. How does Alexander assure his men that he is still alive after being injured by the Mallians?
(a) He sends a messenger.
(b) He gives a speech.
(c) He sends them notes.
(d) He appears on a barge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many towns offer Alexander resistance in the beginning of Section 4?

2. What causes Alexander to become ill after facing the Scythians?

3. Where does Alexander lead his troops during monsoon season?

4. What is the Indians' response to Alexander's flotilla as it makes it way down the river?

5. How many chariots does Porus' son have when he first faces Alexander?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alexander respond to Coenus' speech?

2. Who is Cleitus and how does he die?

3. What is significant about the town of Cyropolis?

4. What idea causes Callisthenes to challenge Alexander?

5. How does Alexander tackle the Rock of Chorienes?

6. How do Alexander and the Macedonians begin their trip to the Indian Ocean, and what impression do they make on the Indians?

7. On the way to Gedrosia, what happens to some of the Macedonian army and the animals in the desert?

8. How does Porus accept the defeat and why does Alexander give him his kingdom back?

9. Why does Alexander want to take the Rock of Sogdiana, and what do the natives on top of the rock tell him?

10. What does Alexander do in anticipation of monsoon season?

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