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