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

2. The Macedonian army was different from that of the _______________ in that it was essentially a militia in which the citizens had the right to bear arms.
(a) Persians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Romans.
(d) Americans.

3. What the Kingdom of Macedon poor?
(a) No, it was just not as rich as its neighbors and enemies.
(b) No, it was the wealthiest nation in the region.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, it was the second wealthiest nation in the region.

4. Describe Olympias.
(a) Cold-hearted and mean.
(b) Not demure or inexperienced.
(c) Demure and inexperienced.
(d) Shy and quiet.

5. Philip had been married _________ times by the time he married OIympias and would marry another three times afterward, casting Olympias and the other wives aside as he tired of them.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was ______ months later before Alexander and Darius met again.

2. Alexander often used __________ to the point of detriment.

3. Alexander was the __________________ son of Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias.

4. Alexander wanted to go after and slay Darius, but what happened?

5. Alexander could, however, claim an abundance of natural resources, livestock, grains, and fertile lands. The latter was due in part to what?

(see the answer key)

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