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Alexander the Great
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  • 1. Which ancient philosopher was Alexander's tutor?
A) Pythagoras
B) Socrates
C) Plato
D) Aristotle
  • 2. At what age did Alexander become king?
A) 18
B) 20
C) 30
D) 25
  • 3. During which famous battle did Alexander defeat the Persian King Darius III?
A) Battle of Thermopylae
B) Battle of Marathon
C) Battle of Gaugamela
D) Battle of Issus
  • 4. Which city in Egypt did Alexander found and name after himself?
A) Alexandria
B) Thebes
C) Memphis
D) Luxor
  • 5. In which year did Alexander the Great die?
A) 200 BC
B) 100 AD
C) 323 BC
D) 500 BC
  • 6. Who did Alexander marry to create unity between his Greek and Persian subjects?
A) Hephaestion
B) Olympias
C) Cleopatra
D) Roxana
  • 7. Who famously refused to bow down to Alexander, leading to a confrontation between them?
A) Diogenes
B) Hannibal
C) Leonidas
D) Cleopatra
  • 8. Which famous city did Alexander set on fire in a fit of rage?
A) Alexandria
B) Persepolis
C) Rome
D) Athens
  • 9. Which modern-day country was the core of Alexander's empire?
A) Italy
B) Greece
C) Iran
D) Turkey
  • 10. What was Alexander's famous horse named?
A) Achilles
B) Pharaoh
C) Bucephalus
D) Pegasus
  • 11. What was the name of Alexander's mother, who played a significant role in his life?
A) Olympias
B) Hera
C) Athena
D) Cleopatra
  • 12. What was Alexander III of Macedon commonly known as?
A) Alexander the Conqueror
B) The Macedonian King
C) King Philip's Son
D) Alexander the Great
  • 13. Which city was destroyed by Alexander during his campaign in the Balkans?
A) Thebes
B) Sparta
C) Athens
D) Corinth
  • 14. What empire did Alexander begin a series of campaigns against in 334 BC?
A) Achaemenid Empire
B) Egyptian Empire
C) Carthaginian Empire
D) Roman Empire
  • 15. Which period marks its beginning with Alexander's death?
A) Classical period
B) Hellenistic period
C) Byzantine period
D) Roman period
  • 16. What was the predominant language of the Byzantine Empire until its collapse in 1453 AD?
A) Arabic
B) Latin
C) Hebrew
D) Greek
  • 17. Which river marked Alexander's forced retreat from India due to troop mutiny?
A) Yamuna River
B) Ganges River
C) Beas River
D) Indus River
  • 18. What was the title of the literary work that became a major form of European literature after the Bible?
A) Alexander Romance
B) Iliad
C) Aeneid
D) Odyssey
  • 19. Where did Alexander die in 323 BC?
A) Babylon, Mesopotamia
B) Alexandria, Egypt
C) Athens, Greece
D) Thebes, Egypt
  • 20. What cultural diffusion resulted from Alexander's conquests?
A) Roman Catholicism
B) Islam
C) Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic Judaism
D) Christianity
  • 21. Where was Alexander III born?
A) Thebes
B) Athens
C) Pella
D) Sparta
  • 22. What name did Alexander give to his tamed horse?
A) Hector
B) Pegasus
C) Bucephalas
D) Xanthus
  • 23. What did Hegesias of Magnesia suggest about the burning of the Temple of Artemis?
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.
  • 24. What did Philip II reportedly say to Alexander after he tamed the horse?
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."
  • 25. What did Alexander do after his horse Bucephalas died?
A) He built a statue of the horse.
B) He wrote a poem in his honor.
C) He named a city after him, Bucephala.
D) He retired from military campaigns.
  • 26. What was the price offered for the horse that Alexander tamed?
A) Twenty talents
B) Ten talents
C) Thirteen talents
D) Five talents
  • 27. What did Philip II do on the day of Alexander's birth?
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.
  • 28. What was the relationship between Alexander's nurse, Lanike, and his future general Cleitus?
A) She was his aunt.
B) She was his cousin.
C) She was his mother.
D) She was his sister.
  • 29. What did Olympias dream on the eve of her marriage to Philip?
A) She dreamed of a lion attacking her.
B) She saw Alexander leading an army into battle.
C) She envisioned herself as the queen of all Greece.
D) Her womb was struck by a thunderbolt that caused a flame to spread before dying away.
  • 30. What did Philip dream about securing his wife's womb?
A) With a crown.
B) With a shield.
C) With a seal engraved with a lion's image.
D) With a sword.
  • 31. At what age did Alexander's education under Aristotle end?
A) 20
B) 16
C) 14
D) 18
  • 32. What tribe revolted against Macedonia during Philip II's absence, leading to Alexander acting as regent?
A) Maedi
B) Thracians
C) Illyrians
D) Persians
  • 33. What city did Alexander found after driving the Maedi from their territory?
A) Stageira
B) Mieza
C) Alexandropolis
D) Philippopolis
  • 34. Which Greek city was working lands sacred to Apollo, prompting Philip's intervention?
A) Athens
B) Corinth
C) Thebes
D) Amphissa
  • 35. Which city did Philip and Alexander capture after stubborn resistance from its Theban garrison?
A) Elatea
B) Thermopylae
C) Amphissa
D) Chaeronea
  • 36. Who led the Athenians to vote for an alliance with Thebes against Macedonia?
A) Leonidas
B) Alexander the Great
C) Demosthenes
D) Philip II
  • 37. What was the name of the alliance established by Philip at Corinth?
A) Hellenic Alliance
B) Delphic League
C) Macedonian Confederation
D) Athenian Pact
  • 38. What title was Philip named after establishing the Hellenic Alliance?
A) Pharaoh
B) Emperor
C) King of Kings
D) Hegemon (Supreme Commander)
  • 39. Who did Philip marry in 338 BC that made Alexander's position as heir less secure?
A) Thessalonike
B) Olympias
C) Cleopatra Eurydice
D) Eurydice II of Macedon
  • 40. What relation was Cleopatra Eurydice to Alexander's general Attalus?
A) Niece
B) Daughter
C) Cousin
D) Sister
  • 41. Who did Olympias suggest was intended to be Philip's heir?
A) Philip Arrhidaeus
B) Perdiccas
C) Alexander
D) Cleopatra Eurydice
  • 42. Which illness was suggested in a 2004 analysis as a possible cause of Alexander's death?
A) Typhoid fever
B) West Nile virus
C) Pyogenic (infectious) spondylitis or meningitis.
D) Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • 43. From where did Alexander start his campaign against the Independent Thracians?
A) Amphipolis
B) Macedonia
C) Thessaloniki
D) Pella
  • 44. Which pass did Alexander storm to reach Persepolis before its garrison could loot the treasury?
A) Hellespont
B) Thermopylae
C) Khyber Pass
D) The Persian Gates
  • 45. Which river was near where Alexander defeated the Triballi army?
A) Danube
B) Lyginus
C) Strymon
D) Axius
  • 46. Which satrapy did Spitamenes hold an undefined position in?
A) Bactria
B) Parthia
C) Media
D) Sogdiana
  • 47. Which deity appeared on the obverse of Alexander's gold coinage?
A) Zeus
B) Athena
C) Hermes
D) Apollo
  • 48. Which artist did not accurately reproduce Alexander the Great's complexion in their paintings?
A) Pyrgoteles
B) Praxiteles
C) Lysippos
D) Apelles
  • 49. Who was initially suggested by Perdiccas as king if Roxane's baby was male?
A) Philip Arrhidaeus
B) Roxane's baby
C) Perdiccas
D) Alexander IV
  • 50. Which deity was depicted on the reverse of Alexander's silver coinage?
A) Athena
B) Apollo
C) Hermes
D) Zeus aetophoros
  • 51. Which city did Alexander capture after leaving Babylon?
A) Persepolis
B) Susa
C) Athens
D) Babylon
  • 52. Who was left as regent while Alexander set out on his Asian campaign?
A) Antipater
B) Parmenion
C) Philip II
D) Hephaestion
  • 53. How long did most of the marriages from Alexander's mass marriage last?
A) Few lasted much beyond a year.
B) They ended after six months.
C) All were lifelong unions.
D) Most lasted several decades.
  • 54. Which theory about Alexander's death was mentioned by all four historians: Diodorus, Plutarch, Arrian, and Justin?
A) Natural causes like malaria
B) Suicide
C) The poisoning conspiracy theory
D) Death in battle
  • 55. What title did Bessus declare for himself after killing Darius III?
A) Xerxes II
B) Alexander II
C) Artaxerxes V
D) Darius IV
  • 56. Who assassinated Philip II of Macedon?
A) Pausanias
B) Perdiccas
C) Darius III
D) Leonnatus
  • 57. What color was Alexander's hair according to the reconstruction of the Alexander Sarcophagus from Sidon?
A) Black
B) Blond
C) Chestnut brown
D) Red
  • 58. What did Alexander often refer to as his true father after being declared the son of Amun?
A) Hades
B) Apollo
C) Poseidon
D) Zeus-Ammon
  • 59. Which Greek king is believed to have converted to Buddhism and was immortalized as 'Milinda'?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Seleucus I Nicator
C) Menander I
D) Antiochus III
  • 60. What happened to Alexander's mummified body during Augustus' visit?
A) He took the breastplate for himself.
B) He transferred it to Sidon.
C) He sealed the tomb permanently.
D) Augustus accidentally knocked the nose off.
  • 61. Who did Alexander order to be murdered due to their correspondence with Demosthenes?
A) Europa
B) Attalus
C) Alexander Lyncestes
D) Cleopatra Eurydice
  • 62. Which Indian ruler met Alexander with valuable presents and placed his forces at Alexander's disposal?
A) Mazaeus
B) Porus
C) Ambhi (Taxiles)
D) Spitamenes
  • 63. Who betrayed Bessus, leading to his execution?
A) Alexander himself
B) Darius III
C) Ptolemy
D) Spitamenes
  • 64. What was a negative consequence of Alexander's demands for troops?
A) Depleted Macedon's strength
B) Improved relations with Rome
C) Increased wealth in Macedon
D) Strengthened the Spartan army
  • 65. What was an opposite process to Hellenization in the successor states?
A) Christianization
B) Romanization
C) 'Orientalization'
D) Babylonian influence
  • 66. What region is known for its syncretic Greco-Buddhist art?
A) Kalinga
B) Vajji
C) Magadha
D) Gandhara
  • 67. Who coined the term 'Hellenization'?
A) Julius Caesar
B) The German historian Johann Gustav Droysen
C) Alexander the Great
D) Herodotus
  • 68. What was the name of the elephant dedicated by Alexander to the Helios?
A) Ajax
B) Achilles
C) Bucephalus
D) Hector
  • 69. Which Persian satrap minted silver staters at Tarsus before Alexander's conquest?
A) Darius III
B) Bessus
C) Mazaeus
D) Tissaphernes
  • 70. Who was responsible for blocking the pass of the Persian Gates?
A) Darius III
B) Xerxes I
C) Bessus
D) Ariobarzanes
  • 71. Where did Alexander go to retrieve the bulk of the Persian treasure?
A) Babylon.
B) Susa.
C) Ecbatana.
D) Pasargadae.
  • 72. In what year did Leo Schep propose the white hellebore poisoning theory in a BBC documentary?
A) 2014
B) 1998
C) 2003
D) 2010
  • 73. Which city did Alexander capture after a long siege in 332 BC?
A) Babylon
B) Gaza
C) Memphis
D) Tyre
  • 74. Who pleaded with Alexander to turn back and return home?
A) General Craterus
B) General Coenus
C) Admiral Nearchus
D) King Porus
  • 75. Which river did Alexander cross after capturing the fortress of Aornos?
A) The Indus
B) The Jhelum
C) The Ganges
D) The Hydaspes
  • 76. Who did Antipater defeat and kill in the battle of Megalopolis?
A) Olympias
B) An Athenian leader
C) A Persian general
D) Spartan king Agis III
  • 77. Who was commissioned by Alexander to explore the Persian Gulf shore?
A) General Coenus
B) Admiral Nearchus
C) Alexander himself
D) General Craterus
  • 78. Where did Alexander defeat Darius, marking a significant victory in Syria?
A) Gaugamela
B) Issus
C) Arbela
D) Tyre
  • 79. Which region did the Aspasioi inhabit during Alexander's campaign?
A) The Swat Valley
B) The Indus Valley
C) The Kunar Valley
D) The Ganges Valley
  • 80. What type of architectural order can be found in Pakistan as far as Taxila?
A) Tuscan order
B) Composite order
C) Ionic order
D) Doric order
  • 81. What did the Alexander Mosaic and contemporary coins depict about Alexander's eyes?
A) Blue and brown eyes.
B) Hollow eyes with no detail.
C) Eyes deep set beneath a strongly pronounced forehead.
D) Small, unremarkable eyes.
  • 82. What was the width of the Ganges River as reported to Alexander's army?
A) Forty furlongs (8 km)
B) Thirty-two furlongs (6.4 km)
C) Twenty furlongs (4 km)
D) Fifty furlongs (10 km)
  • 83. What was the outcome of Alexander's successors' policies on Hellenization?
A) They continued and expanded upon Alexander's policies
B) They ignored cultural integration entirely
C) They explicitly rejected such policies, but Hellenization still occurred throughout the region.
D) They completely reversed all aspects of Hellenization
  • 84. Which city did Alexander found on the Hydaspes river, named after his victory?
A) Nicaea
B) Bucephala
C) Taxila
D) Ora
  • 85. Who did Alexander kill during a drunken altercation in Maracanda?
A) Parmenion
B) Philotas
C) Cleitus the Black
D) Bessus
  • 86. Who commanded the infantry that rejected Perdiccas' initial suggestion for guardianship?
A) Meleager
B) Antipater
C) Leonnatus
D) Craterus
  • 87. Which general did Alexander send to Carmania with much of his army?
A) General Craterus
B) King Porus
C) Admiral Nearchus
D) General Coenus
  • 88. What Persian custom did Alexander adopt at his court?
A) Persian feasting rituals
B) Hunting with falcons
C) Wearing a royal diadem
D) Proskynesis
  • 89. Who closed Alexander's tomb to the public around AD 200?
A) Caracalla.
B) Ptolemy IX Lathyros.
C) Caligula.
D) Emperor Septimius Severus.
  • 90. What was the basis of Hellenistic culture promoted by Alexander's conquests?
A) Derived from Persian customs
B) Essentially Athenian.
C) Primarily Spartan
D) Based on Egyptian traditions
  • 91. What animal was symbolic to both Heracles and the Anatolian god Sandas?
A) Eagle
B) Lion
C) Bull
D) Horse
  • 92. How old was Alexander when he died?
A) 40 years old
B) 45 years old
C) 50 years old
D) 32 years old
  • 93. Which region did Alexander's army conquer while marching along the Indus?
A) The Magadha
B) The Nanda Empire
C) Carmania
D) The Malhi (in modern-day Multan)
  • 94. What plant did Leo Schep propose might have been used to poison Alexander?
A) Wolfsbane
B) White hellebore (Veratrum album)
C) Belladonna
D) Nightshade
  • 95. Who seized Alexander's funeral cortege on its way to Macedon?
A) Ptolemy.
B) Hephaestion.
C) Caracalla.
D) Caligula.
  • 96. Who was appointed as satrap after Alexander's victory over Porus?
A) Porus
B) Mazaeus
C) Taxiles
D) Bessus
  • 97. Who was executed for failing to alert Alexander about a plot against his life?
A) Callisthenes
B) Parmenion
C) Philotas
D) Bessus
  • 98. Where was Philip II assassinated?
A) On his way to Illyria
B) At Aigai, near modern Vergina
C) During a battle in Asia Minor
D) In the city of Pella
  • 99. Who mediated between Philip and Alexander leading to Alexander's return to Macedon?
A) Nearchus
B) Ptolemy
C) Harpalus
D) Demaratus
  • 100. Which artist did Alexander the Great commission to create sculptures of himself?
A) Lysippos
B) Praxiteles
C) Apelles
D) Pyrgoteles
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