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