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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, pgs. 412-437.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How could Macedonia be characterized prior to Philip's rule?
(a) Mystical and feared.
(b) Warlike and imperial.
(c) Weak and insignificant.
(d) Peaceful and powerful.

3. Who led the Indian army that opposed Alexander in India?
(a) Porus.
(b) Oxyartes.
(c) Darius.
(d) Bessus.

4. 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 wished to settle down and raise a family with Roxanne.
(c) He was told by prophets that further movement would end in disaster.
(d) His mutinous troops forced him to stop.

5. Who apprehended Bessus?
(a) Darius' former personal bodyguards.
(b) A group of the Successors.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Spitamenas and Soghdian barons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What battle is said to be Alexander's greatest strategic triumph?

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

4. Why did Alexander encourage his men to marry in Persia?

5. In Persia's efforts to capture Sidon, whom did Philip support?

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