Alexander the Great
A) Socrates B) Plato C) Aristotle D) Pythagoras
A) 20 B) 30 C) 18 D) 25
A) Battle of Thermopylae B) Battle of Issus C) Battle of Marathon D) Battle of Gaugamela
A) Alexandria B) Memphis C) Luxor D) Thebes
A) 500 BC B) 200 BC C) 100 AD D) 323 BC
A) Cleopatra B) Olympias C) Hephaestion D) Roxana
A) Leonidas B) Cleopatra C) Diogenes D) Hannibal
A) Athens B) Alexandria C) Rome D) Persepolis
A) Italy B) Turkey C) Iran D) Greece
A) Bucephalus B) Achilles C) Pharaoh D) Pegasus
A) Hera B) Athena C) Olympias D) Cleopatra
A) Alexander the Conqueror B) King Philip's Son C) The Macedonian King D) Alexander the Great
A) Corinth B) Sparta C) Athens D) Thebes
A) Roman Empire B) Carthaginian Empire C) Achaemenid Empire D) Egyptian Empire
A) Byzantine period B) Classical period C) Roman period D) Hellenistic period
A) Arabic B) Greek C) Latin D) Hebrew
A) Indus River B) Ganges River C) Yamuna River D) Beas River
A) Odyssey B) Alexander Romance C) Iliad D) Aeneid
A) Alexandria, Egypt B) Babylon, Mesopotamia C) Thebes, Egypt D) Athens, Greece
A) Christianity B) Islam C) Roman Catholicism D) Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic Judaism
A) Athens B) Sparta C) Pella D) Thebes
A) Hector B) Xanthus C) Bucephalas D) Pegasus
A) It marked the beginning of a new era. B) It burnt down because Artemis was away, attending Alexander's birth. C) It signified the end of Greek civilization. D) It was an act of divine retribution.
A) "I will sell the horse to another kingdom." B) "My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedon is too small for you." C) "You have disappointed me with your recklessness." D) "Return to your studies and leave such matters to adults."
A) He wrote a poem in his honor. B) He named a city after him, Bucephala. C) He retired from military campaigns. D) He built a statue of the horse.
A) Ten talents B) Thirteen talents C) Twenty talents D) Five talents
A) He visited the Oracle of Delphi. B) He celebrated his victory at the Olympic Games. C) He declared war against Athens. D) He was preparing a siege on Potidea.
A) She was his sister. B) She was his mother. C) She was his cousin. D) She was his aunt.
A) She envisioned herself as the queen of all Greece. B) She saw Alexander leading an army into battle. C) Her womb was struck by a thunderbolt that caused a flame to spread before dying away. D) She dreamed of a lion attacking her.
A) With a sword. B) With a crown. C) With a seal engraved with a lion's image. D) With a shield.
A) 16 B) 14 C) 20 D) 18
A) Maedi B) Illyrians C) Thracians D) Persians
A) Philippopolis B) Stageira C) Alexandropolis D) Mieza
A) Amphissa B) Thebes C) Corinth D) Athens
A) Elatea B) Amphissa C) Chaeronea D) Thermopylae
A) Philip II B) Demosthenes C) Alexander the Great D) Leonidas
A) Athenian Pact B) Macedonian Confederation C) Delphic League D) Hellenic Alliance
A) King of Kings B) Emperor C) Pharaoh D) Hegemon (Supreme Commander)
A) Eurydice II of Macedon B) Olympias C) Thessalonike D) Cleopatra Eurydice
A) Sister B) Daughter C) Cousin D) Niece
A) Demaratus B) Ptolemy C) Harpalus D) Nearchus
A) Perdiccas B) Alexander C) Philip Arrhidaeus D) Cleopatra Eurydice
A) Pausanias B) Perdiccas C) Darius III D) Leonnatus
A) During a battle in Asia Minor B) At Aigai, near modern Vergina C) In the city of Pella D) On his way to Illyria
A) Cleopatra Eurydice B) Alexander Lyncestes C) Attalus D) Europa
A) Amphipolis B) Pella C) Macedonia D) Thessaloniki
A) Strymon B) Danube C) Axius D) Lyginus
A) Hephaestion B) Antipater C) Philip II D) Parmenion
A) Gaugamela B) Issus C) Tyre D) Arbela
A) Babylon B) Memphis C) Tyre D) Gaza
A) Apollo B) Poseidon C) Hades D) Zeus-Ammon
A) Susa B) Babylon C) Athens D) Persepolis
A) Khyber Pass B) Hellespont C) The Persian Gates D) Thermopylae
A) Darius III B) Bessus C) Xerxes I D) Ariobarzanes
A) Artaxerxes V B) Xerxes II C) Darius IV D) Alexander II
A) Ptolemy B) Spitamenes C) Alexander himself D) Darius III
A) Sogdiana B) Parthia C) Bactria D) Media
A) Persian feasting rituals B) Proskynesis C) Wearing a royal diadem D) Hunting with falcons
A) Callisthenes B) Bessus C) Parmenion D) Philotas
A) Philotas B) Parmenion C) Cleitus the Black D) Bessus
A) Spartan king Agis III B) A Persian general C) An Athenian leader D) Olympias
A) Strengthened the Spartan army B) Depleted Macedon's strength C) Increased wealth in Macedon D) Improved relations with Rome
A) Zeus B) Athena C) Apollo D) Hermes
A) Bull B) Eagle C) Horse D) Lion
A) Darius III B) Bessus C) Mazaeus D) Tissaphernes
A) The Hydaspes B) The Indus C) The Ganges D) The Jhelum
A) Mazaeus B) Porus C) Bessus D) Taxiles
A) Ambhi (Taxiles) B) Spitamenes C) Porus D) Mazaeus
A) The Indus Valley B) The Ganges Valley C) The Kunar Valley D) The Swat Valley
A) Bucephalus B) Achilles C) Ajax D) Hector
A) Bucephala B) Taxila C) Nicaea D) Ora
A) Hermes B) Athena C) Apollo D) Zeus aetophoros
A) Twenty furlongs (4 km) B) Forty furlongs (8 km) C) Thirty-two furlongs (6.4 km) D) Fifty furlongs (10 km)
A) King Porus B) Admiral Nearchus C) General Coenus D) General Craterus
A) The Nanda Empire B) Carmania C) The Magadha D) The Malhi (in modern-day Multan)
A) General Craterus B) Admiral Nearchus C) King Porus D) General Coenus
A) General Craterus B) Alexander himself C) General Coenus D) Admiral Nearchus
A) They ended after six months. B) Most lasted several decades. C) Few lasted much beyond a year. D) All were lifelong unions.
A) Ecbatana. B) Babylon. C) Pasargadae. D) Susa.
A) 32 years old B) 50 years old C) 45 years old D) 40 years old
A) Natural causes like malaria B) The poisoning conspiracy theory C) Death in battle D) Suicide
A) Wolfsbane B) Belladonna C) White hellebore (Veratrum album) D) Nightshade
A) 2003 B) 1998 C) 2010 D) 2014
A) West Nile virus B) Typhoid fever C) Pyogenic (infectious) spondylitis or meningitis. D) Guillain-Barré syndrome
A) Caracalla. B) Ptolemy. C) Hephaestion. D) Caligula.
A) He took the breastplate for himself. B) He transferred it to Sidon. C) He sealed the tomb permanently. D) Augustus accidentally knocked the nose off.
A) Caligula. B) Caracalla. C) Emperor Septimius Severus. D) Ptolemy IX Lathyros.
A) Roxane's baby B) Perdiccas C) Philip Arrhidaeus D) Alexander IV
A) Leonnatus B) Antipater C) Craterus D) Meleager
A) Apelles B) Praxiteles C) Lysippos D) Pyrgoteles
A) Apelles B) Pyrgoteles C) Lysippos D) Praxiteles
A) Blond B) Chestnut brown C) Red D) Black
A) Small, unremarkable eyes. B) Eyes deep set beneath a strongly pronounced forehead. C) Hollow eyes with no detail. D) Blue and brown eyes.
A) The German historian Johann Gustav Droysen B) Julius Caesar C) Herodotus D) Alexander the Great
A) They continued and expanded upon Alexander's policies B) They ignored cultural integration entirely C) They explicitly rejected such policies, but Hellenization still occurred throughout the region. D) They completely reversed all aspects of Hellenization
A) Derived from Persian customs B) Based on Egyptian traditions C) Essentially Athenian. D) Primarily Spartan
A) Christianization B) Romanization C) Babylonian influence D) 'Orientalization'
A) Kalinga B) Gandhara C) Magadha D) Vajji
A) Seleucus I Nicator B) Menander I C) Alexander the Great D) Antiochus III
A) Composite order B) Tuscan order C) Doric order D) Ionic order |
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