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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, pg. 299-349.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Thebes' immediate reaction to Alexander assuming the Macedonian throne?
(a) They tried to bribe members of the Macedonian assembly to depose Alexander.
(b) They kidnapped Alexander's mother Olympias.
(c) They expelled Alexander's troops from the city.
(d) They openly accepted Alexander as their king.

2. What acted as a restraint on the power wielded by the King of Macedon?
(a) He was not allowed to personally lead the army.
(b) He could be voted out by the Macedonian assembly.
(c) His wives were chosen by the Macedonian assembly.
(d) He could not engage in foreign policy decisions.

3. Which of the following BEST describes the final strategy Alexander used to enter Tyre?
(a) He cast dead bodies over the walls, spreading contagion and forcing surrender.
(b) He used the front of a ship as a battering ram.
(c) He forced Tyrian ships to a north harbor, and breached the city wall from the south.
(d) He starved its citizens into submission.

4. Which BEST characterizes the environment in which Alexander as a child was brought up?
(a) A quiet life involving religious contemplation.
(b) A male-dominated world of feasts and professional soldiers.
(c) A female-dominated world of waiting women and artists.
(d) A peasant life of hard work in the fields.

5. Why did Alexander encourage his men to marry in Persia?
(a) Alexander thought Persian women were extraordinarily beautiful.
(b) Alexander had a belief that sexual energy in his men was bad for combat.
(c) Alexander believed that Zeus himself had given the order to him.
(d) Alexander believed this would help the men miss their families less.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alexander deal with the Gordian Knot?

2. During the uprising of 335 BC, on what condition did Alexander offer Thebes amnesty?

3. What was the Macedonian infantry known as?

4. Who led a coup that resulted in Darius losing his crown?

5. After Issus, Darius supplied the king of which territory with Persian ships?

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