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