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Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided. (Total 30 pts, 2 pts each)

Question 1) _______Which of the following are accomplishments of Alexander the Great?

A) untied the Gordion Knot B) became a God C) conquered the Persians D) all of the above

Question 2) _______King Midas ruled which empire?

A) Persian B) Egyptian C) Athenian D) Phrygian

Question 3) _______ Which of the following was a battle that took place during the Alexander's campaign?

A) Marathon B) Kedesh C) Salamis D) Issus

Question 4) _______Which work did Xenophon write?

A) the Anabasis B) Pax Mongolica C) 95 Theses D) The Return of Martin Guere

Question 5) _______What was the Peloponnesian War?

A) a war between Athens and Sparta B) a war between Greece and Troy C) a war between Persia and Greece D) none of the above

Question 6) _______ Which of the following can be attributed to Julius Caesar:

A) Came from a poor family B) Nearly killed by Sulla

C) Defeated the Parthians D) Both A and B

Question 7) _______Philip of Macedon was:

A) a medieval leader B) a famed Roman emperor C) King of Macedonia D) None of the above

Question 8) _______ Who was Hamilcar Barca?

A) Famed Carthaginian general B) Father of Hannibal

C) A Roman historian D) Both A and B

Question 9) _______The Hellenistic period saw which of the following?

A) continuous fighting B) the fall of Rome C) Increased literacy D) Intellectual criticism of the Church

Question 10) _______Who was Pompey the Great?

A) a Spartan naval commander B) a Byzantine emperor C) a Roman general D) none of the above

Question 11) _______ At which battle did Hannibal suffer his first and only loss to the Romans during the Punic Wars?

A) Ecnomus B) Zama C) Lake Trasimene D) Apamea

Question 12) _______What was the corvus?

A) Spartan sword B) Early Christian document C) Roman naval innovation

D) None of the above

Question 13) _______ Who was Marcus Atilius Regulus

A) Defeated Hamilcar B) Defeated by Spartacus

C) Returned to Carthage for execution D) Both A and C

Question 14) _______ What was Sulla's ultimate goal after being named dictator?

A) Dictator for life B) Return power to the Senate

C) Be the pontifex maximus D) Become an orator

Question 15) _______ Which of the following are not attributable to Caligula?

A) Son of Germanicus B) Honored Tiberius' will

C) Ordered legions to collect sea shells D) Matricide