Alexander the Great - Quiz
A) Plato B) Aristotle C) Socrates D) Pythagoras
A) 30 B) 18 C) 25 D) 20
A) Battle of Issus B) Battle of Marathon C) Battle of Gaugamela D) Battle of Thermopylae
A) Memphis B) Luxor C) Thebes D) Alexandria
A) 100 AD B) 200 BC C) 500 BC D) 323 BC
A) Hephaestion B) Roxana C) Cleopatra D) Olympias
A) Diogenes B) Leonidas C) Hannibal D) Cleopatra
A) Rome B) Persepolis C) Athens D) Alexandria
A) Greece B) Turkey C) Italy D) Iran
A) Pharaoh B) Pegasus C) Bucephalus D) Achilles
A) Olympias B) Athena C) Cleopatra D) Hera
A) The Macedonian King B) Alexander the Great C) King Philip's Son D) Alexander the Conqueror
A) Sparta B) Athens C) Corinth D) Thebes
A) Roman Empire B) Egyptian Empire C) Achaemenid Empire D) Carthaginian Empire
A) Byzantine period B) Roman period C) Classical period D) Hellenistic period
A) Latin B) Hebrew C) Arabic D) Greek
A) Beas River B) Indus River C) Ganges River D) Yamuna River
A) Alexander Romance B) Iliad C) Odyssey D) Aeneid
A) Thebes, Egypt B) Babylon, Mesopotamia C) Alexandria, Egypt D) Athens, Greece
A) Islam B) Christianity C) Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic Judaism D) Roman Catholicism
A) Thebes B) Athens C) Sparta D) Pella
A) Bucephalas B) Pegasus C) Xanthus D) Hector
A) It marked the beginning of a new era. B) It was an act of divine retribution. C) It signified the end of Greek civilization. D) It burnt down because Artemis was away, attending Alexander's birth.
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 named a city after him, Bucephala. B) He retired from military campaigns. C) He wrote a poem in his honor. D) He built a statue of the horse.
A) Thirteen talents B) Five talents C) Twenty talents D) Ten 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 sister. B) She was his aunt. C) She was his cousin. D) She was his mother.
A) She envisioned herself as the queen of all Greece. B) She saw Alexander leading an army into battle. C) Her womb was struck by a thunderbolt that caused a flame to spread before dying away. D) She dreamed of a lion attacking her.
A) With a sword. B) With a shield. C) With a seal engraved with a lion's image. D) With a crown.
A) 18 B) 16 C) 14 D) 20
A) Maedi B) Illyrians C) Persians D) Thracians
A) Stageira B) Mieza C) Alexandropolis D) Philippopolis
A) Corinth B) Athens C) Amphissa D) Thebes
A) Amphissa B) Thermopylae C) Elatea D) Chaeronea
A) Demosthenes B) Philip II C) Leonidas D) Alexander the Great
A) Macedonian Confederation B) Athenian Pact C) Hellenic Alliance D) Delphic League
A) Emperor B) Hegemon (Supreme Commander) C) Pharaoh D) King of Kings
A) Cleopatra Eurydice B) Thessalonike C) Olympias D) Eurydice II of Macedon
A) Daughter B) Cousin C) Niece D) Sister
A) Perdiccas B) Alexander C) Cleopatra Eurydice D) Philip Arrhidaeus
A) Typhoid fever B) West Nile virus C) Pyogenic (infectious) spondylitis or meningitis. D) Guillain-Barré syndrome
A) Thessaloniki B) Macedonia C) Amphipolis D) Pella
A) The Persian Gates B) Thermopylae C) Khyber Pass D) Hellespont
A) Axius B) Lyginus C) Strymon D) Danube
A) Sogdiana B) Media C) Parthia D) Bactria
A) Zeus B) Athena C) Hermes D) Apollo
A) Pyrgoteles B) Apelles C) Lysippos D) Praxiteles
A) Perdiccas B) Philip Arrhidaeus C) Alexander IV D) Roxane's baby
A) Athena B) Zeus aetophoros C) Hermes D) Apollo
A) Athens B) Persepolis C) Babylon D) Susa
A) Antipater B) Hephaestion C) Parmenion D) Philip II
A) All were lifelong unions. B) Few lasted much beyond a year. C) They ended after six months. D) Most lasted several decades.
A) The poisoning conspiracy theory B) Suicide C) Death in battle D) Natural causes like malaria
A) Darius IV B) Artaxerxes V C) Alexander II D) Xerxes II
A) Pausanias B) Darius III C) Perdiccas D) Leonnatus
A) Chestnut brown B) Red C) Blond D) Black
A) Zeus-Ammon B) Poseidon C) Hades D) Apollo
A) Menander I B) Alexander the Great C) Seleucus I Nicator D) Antiochus III
A) He took the breastplate for himself. B) He transferred it to Sidon. C) Augustus accidentally knocked the nose off. D) He sealed the tomb permanently.
A) Cleopatra Eurydice B) Europa C) Attalus D) Alexander Lyncestes
A) Spitamenes B) Ambhi (Taxiles) C) Porus D) Mazaeus
A) Ptolemy B) Darius III C) Spitamenes D) Alexander himself
A) Strengthened the Spartan army B) Depleted Macedon's strength C) Increased wealth in Macedon D) Improved relations with Rome
A) 'Orientalization' B) Romanization C) Babylonian influence D) Christianization
A) Gandhara B) Vajji C) Kalinga D) Magadha
A) Herodotus B) Alexander the Great C) The German historian Johann Gustav Droysen D) Julius Caesar
A) Ajax B) Hector C) Bucephalus D) Achilles
A) Tissaphernes B) Mazaeus C) Bessus D) Darius III
A) Darius III B) Bessus C) Ariobarzanes D) Xerxes I
A) Pasargadae. B) Babylon. C) Susa. D) Ecbatana.
A) 2003 B) 2014 C) 1998 D) 2010
A) Memphis B) Babylon C) Tyre D) Gaza
A) King Porus B) General Craterus C) General Coenus D) Admiral Nearchus
A) The Ganges B) The Indus C) The Hydaspes D) The Jhelum
A) Spartan king Agis III B) Olympias C) An Athenian leader D) A Persian general
A) Alexander himself B) General Coenus C) Admiral Nearchus D) General Craterus
A) Tyre B) Gaugamela C) Issus D) Arbela
A) The Kunar Valley B) The Ganges Valley C) The Swat Valley D) The Indus Valley
A) Ionic order B) Composite order C) Doric order D) Tuscan order
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) Forty furlongs (8 km) B) Thirty-two furlongs (6.4 km) C) Fifty furlongs (10 km) D) Twenty furlongs (4 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) Bucephala B) Nicaea C) Taxila D) Ora
A) Parmenion B) Cleitus the Black C) Bessus D) Philotas
A) Leonnatus B) Meleager C) Antipater D) Craterus
A) Admiral Nearchus B) King Porus C) General Craterus D) General Coenus
A) Wearing a royal diadem B) Proskynesis C) Hunting with falcons D) Persian feasting rituals
A) Ptolemy IX Lathyros. B) Caracalla. C) Caligula. D) Emperor Septimius Severus.
A) Primarily Spartan B) Based on Egyptian traditions C) Derived from Persian customs D) Essentially Athenian.
A) Lion B) Eagle C) Horse D) Bull
A) 32 years old B) 40 years old C) 45 years old D) 50 years old
A) Carmania B) The Magadha C) The Malhi (in modern-day Multan) D) The Nanda Empire
A) Nightshade B) Belladonna C) White hellebore (Veratrum album) D) Wolfsbane
A) Caligula. B) Caracalla. C) Ptolemy. D) Hephaestion.
A) Taxiles B) Bessus C) Porus D) Mazaeus
A) Parmenion B) Bessus C) Philotas D) Callisthenes
A) During a battle in Asia Minor B) In the city of Pella C) On his way to Illyria D) At Aigai, near modern Vergina
A) Harpalus B) Demaratus C) Nearchus D) Ptolemy
A) Praxiteles B) Pyrgoteles C) Lysippos D) Apelles |
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