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