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