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