Chapter 11 Multiple Choice Quiz

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1. Alexander consolidated his strength in Macedonia by executing all the following except:

Alexander's mother Olympias correct incorrect

Philip's wife Cleopatra and daughter Europa correct incorrect

Cleopatra's male relatives correct incorrect

Another potential heir, Amyntas IV correct incorrect

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2. The Egyptian oracle of Zeus-Ammon confirmed Alexander in his belief that he was the son of

Hephaestus correct incorrect

Zeus correct incorrect

Poseidon correct incorrect

Apollo correct incorrect

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3. After his defeat at the Battle of Issus, Darius III chose to fight Alexander at Gaugamela because it

was convenient to a major seaport correct incorrect

was close to one of Persia's major trade routes correct incorrect

was most advantageous given his strong cavalry and weak infantry correct incorrect

had been mentioned in an important prophecy correct incorrect

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4. In 324 BC, Alexander outraged his Macedonian soldiers by

Incorporating Iranian soldiers into the army correct incorrect

Promoting several new officers from the ranks correct incorrect

Court-martialing a high-ranking officer for treachery correct incorrect

Refusing to allow Iranian soldiers to enlist correct incorrect

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5. When Alexander's papers were found after his death, which of the following did they contain?

Plans for governing the empire correct incorrect

Plans for further military action correct incorrect

Plans for constructing new trading routes correct incorrect

Plans for ensuring an orderly succession to the throne correct incorrect

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6. The main accounts of Alexander's life that we can read today were written

In the week after his death correct incorrect

Ten to twenty years later correct incorrect

Roughly three to five hundred years later correct incorrect

At least one thousand years later correct incorrect

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7. Alexander leapt onto shore in Asia and traveled to Troy, where he paid homage to ________, whom he claimed as an ancestor through his mother.

Priam correct incorrect

Agamemnon correct incorrect

Odysseus correct incorrect

Achilles correct incorrect

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8. After the Battle of Granicus River, Alexander dedicated three hundred suits of Persian armor to Athena and sent them to Athens with the inscription, "From Alexander, the son of Philip, and the Greeks, except the ________."

Athenians correct incorrect

Alexandrians correct incorrect

Spartans correct incorrect

Corinthians correct incorrect

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9. Alexander captured—but treated generously—the mother, wife, daughters, and son of the Persian King Darius III after the Battle of

Granicus River correct incorrect

Issus correct incorrect

Gaugamela correct incorrect

The Hydaspes correct incorrect

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10. Among the many cities destroyed by Alexander were the following, except:

Persepolis correct incorrect

Thebes correct incorrect

Tyre correct incorrect

Jerusalem correct incorrect