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