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A) Socrates B) Plato C) Pythagoras D) Aristotle
A) 25 B) 20 C) 18 D) 30
A) Battle of Marathon B) Battle of Issus C) Battle of Thermopylae D) Battle of Gaugamela
A) Luxor B) Alexandria C) Memphis D) Thebes
A) 500 BC B) 323 BC C) 100 AD D) 200 BC
A) Cleopatra B) Olympias C) Hephaestion D) Roxana
A) Leonidas B) Hannibal C) Cleopatra D) Diogenes
A) Alexandria B) Athens C) Rome D) Persepolis
A) Italy B) Turkey C) Iran D) Greece
A) Pegasus B) Achilles C) Bucephalus D) Pharaoh
A) Hera B) Athena C) Olympias D) Cleopatra
A) Alexander the Great B) Alexander the Conqueror C) The Macedonian King D) King Philip's Son
A) Athens B) Corinth C) Sparta D) Thebes
A) Carthaginian Empire B) Egyptian Empire C) Roman Empire D) Achaemenid Empire
A) Roman period B) Byzantine period C) Classical period D) Hellenistic period
A) Arabic B) Latin C) Greek D) Hebrew
A) Beas River B) Indus River C) Yamuna River D) Ganges River
A) Alexander Romance B) Iliad C) Aeneid D) Odyssey
A) Athens, Greece B) Thebes, Egypt C) Alexandria, Egypt D) Babylon, Mesopotamia
A) Christianity B) Islam C) Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic Judaism D) Roman Catholicism
A) Pella B) Sparta C) Thebes D) Athens
A) Hector B) Xanthus C) Bucephalas D) Pegasus
A) It signified the end of Greek civilization. B) It was an act of divine retribution. C) It marked the beginning of a new era. D) It burnt down because Artemis was away, attending Alexander's birth.
A) "My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedon is too small for you." B) "You have disappointed me with your recklessness." C) "I will sell the horse to another kingdom." D) "Return to your studies and leave such matters to adults."
A) He named a city after him, Bucephala. B) He wrote a poem in his honor. C) He retired from military campaigns. D) He built a statue of the horse.
A) Five talents B) Thirteen talents C) Twenty talents D) Ten 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 mother. D) She was his cousin.
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 seal engraved with a lion's image. D) With a sword.
A) 20 B) 16 C) 18 D) 14
A) Maedi B) Thracians C) Persians D) Illyrians
A) Stageira B) Philippopolis C) Mieza D) Alexandropolis
A) Thebes B) Athens C) Amphissa D) Corinth
A) Amphissa B) Thermopylae C) Chaeronea D) Elatea
A) Leonidas B) Alexander the Great C) Demosthenes D) Philip II
A) Delphic League B) Macedonian Confederation C) Hellenic Alliance D) Athenian Pact
A) Hegemon (Supreme Commander) B) King of Kings C) Pharaoh D) Emperor
A) Olympias B) Cleopatra Eurydice C) Eurydice II of Macedon D) Thessalonike
A) Cousin B) Daughter C) Niece D) Sister
A) Philip Arrhidaeus B) Perdiccas C) Cleopatra Eurydice D) Alexander
A) Guillain-Barré syndrome B) Typhoid fever C) Pyogenic (infectious) spondylitis or meningitis. D) West Nile virus
A) Thessaloniki B) Amphipolis C) Pella D) Macedonia
A) Hellespont B) The Persian Gates C) Thermopylae D) Khyber Pass
A) Axius B) Danube C) Strymon D) Lyginus
A) Media B) Sogdiana C) Bactria D) Parthia
A) Hermes B) Athena C) Apollo D) Zeus
A) Apelles B) Pyrgoteles C) Praxiteles D) Lysippos
A) Philip Arrhidaeus B) Perdiccas C) Roxane's baby D) Alexander IV
A) Hermes B) Athena C) Apollo D) Zeus aetophoros
A) Babylon B) Susa C) Persepolis D) Athens
A) Hephaestion B) Antipater C) Philip II D) Parmenion
A) Few lasted much beyond a year. B) All were lifelong unions. C) Most lasted several decades. D) They ended after six months.
A) The poisoning conspiracy theory B) Natural causes like malaria C) Death in battle D) Suicide
A) Darius IV B) Alexander II C) Xerxes II D) Artaxerxes V
A) Perdiccas B) Leonnatus C) Pausanias D) Darius III
A) Chestnut brown B) Blond C) Black D) Red
A) Poseidon B) Apollo C) Hades D) Zeus-Ammon
A) Antiochus III B) Alexander the Great C) Seleucus I Nicator D) Menander I
A) Augustus accidentally knocked the nose off. B) He sealed the tomb permanently. C) He took the breastplate for himself. D) He transferred it to Sidon.
A) Alexander Lyncestes B) Europa C) Cleopatra Eurydice D) Attalus
A) Spitamenes B) Porus C) Ambhi (Taxiles) D) Mazaeus
A) Ptolemy B) Darius III C) Spitamenes D) Alexander himself
A) Increased wealth in Macedon B) Depleted Macedon's strength C) Strengthened the Spartan army D) Improved relations with Rome
A) 'Orientalization' B) Romanization C) Christianization D) Babylonian influence
A) Kalinga B) Magadha C) Vajji D) Gandhara
A) The German historian Johann Gustav Droysen B) Alexander the Great C) Herodotus D) Julius Caesar
A) Ajax B) Bucephalus C) Achilles D) Hector
A) Mazaeus B) Tissaphernes C) Darius III D) Bessus
A) Bessus B) Darius III C) Ariobarzanes D) Xerxes I
A) Babylon. B) Ecbatana. C) Pasargadae. D) Susa.
A) 1998 B) 2010 C) 2003 D) 2014
A) Tyre B) Memphis C) Babylon D) Gaza
A) General Coenus B) King Porus C) Admiral Nearchus D) General Craterus
A) The Jhelum B) The Indus C) The Ganges D) The Hydaspes
A) An Athenian leader B) Olympias C) Spartan king Agis III D) A Persian general
A) General Craterus B) Admiral Nearchus C) General Coenus D) Alexander himself
A) Arbela B) Tyre C) Gaugamela D) Issus
A) The Kunar Valley B) The Ganges Valley C) The Swat Valley D) The Indus Valley
A) Tuscan order B) Ionic order C) Doric order D) Composite order
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) Fifty furlongs (10 km) B) Thirty-two furlongs (6.4 km) C) Twenty furlongs (4 km) D) Forty furlongs (8 km)
A) They explicitly rejected such policies, but Hellenization still occurred throughout the region. B) They continued and expanded upon Alexander's policies C) They ignored cultural integration entirely D) They completely reversed all aspects of Hellenization
A) Nicaea B) Bucephala C) Ora D) Taxila
A) Parmenion B) Philotas C) Bessus D) Cleitus the Black
A) Leonnatus B) Craterus C) Meleager D) Antipater
A) General Craterus B) King Porus C) General Coenus D) Admiral Nearchus
A) Proskynesis B) Hunting with falcons C) Persian feasting rituals D) Wearing a royal diadem
A) Ptolemy IX Lathyros. B) Caracalla. C) Emperor Septimius Severus. D) Caligula.
A) Based on Egyptian traditions B) Primarily Spartan C) Essentially Athenian. D) Derived from Persian customs
A) Horse B) Eagle C) Lion D) Bull
A) 40 years old B) 32 years old C) 50 years old D) 45 years old
A) The Magadha B) The Nanda Empire C) The Malhi (in modern-day Multan) D) Carmania
A) Nightshade B) Wolfsbane C) White hellebore (Veratrum album) D) Belladonna
A) Ptolemy. B) Caligula. C) Hephaestion. D) Caracalla.
A) Taxiles B) Porus C) Bessus D) Mazaeus
A) Parmenion B) Philotas C) Bessus D) Callisthenes
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) Demaratus B) Ptolemy C) Nearchus D) Harpalus
A) Apelles B) Lysippos C) Praxiteles D) Pyrgoteles |