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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was ______ months later before Alexander and Darius met again.
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

2. Many of the soldiers were considered to be ___________ by Alexander.
(a) Enemies.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

3. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.
(a) Love.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hatred.

4. Like many royals, Alexander had a tutor. Alexander's tutor of __________ years also happened to be a brilliant student of Plato's, a man named Aristotle.
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. Olympias and Philip were a good match - passionate, loving, and committed by _____________________.
(a) Choice, not by an arranged marriage.
(b) An arranged marriage, not by choice.
(c) Choice and an arranged marriage.
(d) Mutual hatred of the Persian emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Alexander toward his men?

2. Alexander developed a reverence for what Greek god?

3. What was Alexander's preliminary goal during those years?

4. The inner core of the army was __________________, comprised of about three thousand men, two thousand of which rode into Asia.

5. When was Alexander born?

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