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