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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, pgs. 379-412.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strategy did Alexander take in regards to Ambphi?
(a) He skipped the city over, for larger conquests.
(b) He was nice and generous, as he needed their help.
(c) He crushed the city in a massacre.
(d) He recruited all the men of Ambphi into his army.

2. For his 336 BC to 335 BC military campaign, what kind of training did Alexander have his troops undergo?
(a) Desert warfare.
(b) Amphibious warfare.
(c) Naval warfare.
(d) Mountain warfare.

3. What was NOT one of the actions Alexander took after his father was murdered?
(a) He maintained the overall principles of his father's administration.
(b) He gave key positions to friends returned from exile.
(c) He personally murdered Cleopatra's baby and possible heir to the throne, Cananis.
(d) He had several of his political enemies murdered.

4. To what land did Alexander plan travel to after India?
(a) China.
(b) Macedonia.
(c) Greece.
(d) Arabia.

5. Why did Alexander ultimately stop his push eastward into Arabia?
(a) He became frightened, because legend told of an end to the world.
(b) He was told by prophets that further movement would end in disaster.
(c) He wished to settle down and raise a family with Roxanne.
(d) His mutinous troops forced him to stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strategy did Alexander use to defeat the Indian army?

2. Who led the Indian army that opposed Alexander in India?

3. When Alexander separated his troops after Massago, where did he send the troops he would not be leading?

4. Alexander led his army to which country in the summer of 331 BC?

5. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Thebes offer its surrender?

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