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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which Egyptian city was Alexander proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Pelusium.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Gaza.

2. In the summer of 331 BC, where did Darius stage his army?
(a) Cunaxa.
(b) Pelusium.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Alexandria.

3. After Tyre, all coastal cities fell to Alexander with the exception of which city?
(a) Sidon.
(b) Pella.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Gaza.

4. What challenge did Alexander have to overcome at Jhelum River?
(a) The fact that most of his army abandoned him.
(b) A great heat wave.
(c) Extremely uncertain footing on the banks of the river.
(d) His enemy's formidable war elephants.

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

6. How many people did Alexander massacre at Massago?
(a) He entered Massago peacefully.
(b) Seven thousand.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Forty thousand.

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

8. In February 324 BC, Alexander arrived in which territory?
(a) The Indian Ocean.
(b) Susa.
(c) Macedonia.
(d) Hindu Kush.

9. Who led a coup that resulted in Darius losing his crown?
(a) Bessus only.
(b) Bessus and Nabarzanes.
(c) Nabarzanes only.
(d) Bessus and Satibarzanes.

10. How did the ethnic makeup of Alexander's army change by the time he entered India?
(a) There were more Africans, and less Persians.
(b) There were more Macedonians, and less Persians.
(c) There were more Persians, and less Macedonians.
(d) There were more pureblood Greeks, and less mixed-breed slaves.

11. When Alexander separated his troops after Massago, where did he send the troops he would not be leading?
(a) Through the Khyber Pass.
(b) To Arabia.
(c) Back to Macedonia.
(d) North to Russia.

12. What did Alexander decide to do with Darius' body?
(a) He ordered it taken to Macedonia to be hung from the palace walls.
(b) He ordered it taken to Persepolis for proper burial.
(c) He ordered it burned.
(d) He ordered it to be buried in the spot it was found.

13. In January 324 BC, Alexander left for which territory?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Persepolis.
(c) China.
(d) Macedonia.

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

15. By July 325 BC, Alexander had reached what territory?
(a) Macedonia.
(b) Pattala.
(c) Hindu Kush.
(d) Tyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upset Alexander about his time in the Bactria area?

2. Why was Darius murdered?

3. Persepolis was the burial place of whom?

4. After Darius was deposed, what title was bestowed upon Bessus?

5. What was Alexander's expectation of riches in India, and what in reality did he find there?

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