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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which omen does Alexander pay attention to which leads him to render the Persian navy useless?

2. Facing resistance from Glaucias, what town does Alexander attempt to take?

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

4. What part of his army does Alexander reinforce before charging Darius' army?

5. How many Getae troops have gathered on the opposite bank of Pine Island as Alexander attempts to land?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Alexander defeat the Tyrians?

6. How is Darius betrayed and killed?

7. Whom do the Thracians recruit for the second battle with the Macedonians and what is the result?

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

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

10. What does Alexander do at Pasargadae and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the circumstances surrounding the controversial assassination of Philip of Macedon. Include the varying theories of who is responsible for the assassination and the implications of Philips' death for Macedon in general.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the Macedonians face the elements of nature on their campaigns. Explain the events at the Rock of Chorienes and the Rock of Aornos. Include the landscapes of both rocks, the reasonings for the strategies used to take each of them, and the reactions of the natives to the climbs of the Macedonian army. In addition, analyze the losses sustained when traveling through the desert and the monsoons on the way to Gedrosia.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the deaths of two Macedonians as they are murdered by Alexander, detailing his and their actions and words leading up to and following each event.

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