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