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Alexander the Great - Details Review

Quiz by David Vaughan

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  • Q1
    eg. What is the capital of france?
    Amsterdam
    Rome
    London
    eg. Paris
    30s
  • Q2
    Where did Alexander's first battle with the Persians take place? Chaeronea Issus
    Granicus
    Chaeronea
    Issus
    Gaza
    30s
  • Q3
    What was the only city in Phoenicia that opposed Alexander?
    Thrace
    Sidon
    Tyre
    Susa
    30s
  • Q4
    Alexander married the daughter of which one of the four Paraetacene barons?
    Oxyartes
    Catanes
    Austanes
    Chorienes
    30s
  • Q5
    Where did Porus rule? Phoenicia
    Egypt
    India
    Athens
    Phoenicia
    30s
  • Q6
    Why, officially, was Philotas executed?
    He aided a treasonous group
    He insulted Alexander's pride
    He made plans to kill Alexander
    He failed to report a conspiracy to Alexander
    30s
  • Q7
    Whom did Alexander publicly murder in a drunken rage? Amyntas Attalus Parmenion
    Attalus
    Cleitus
    Parmenio
    Amyntas
    30s
  • Q8
    Which satrap did Alexander reinstate despite having just fought against him at Gaugamela?
    Bessus
    Mazaeus
    Darius
    Spitamenes
    30s
  • Q9
    Who led the conspiracy that deposed Bessus?
    Mazaeus
    Ptolemy
    Spitamenes
    Lagus
    30s
  • Q10
    Against which enemy did the Macedonians have to face elephants?
    Porus
    Spitamenes
    Oxyartes
    Darius
    30s
  • Q11
    Who led the army that finally defeated Spitamenes?
    Bessus
    Coenus
    Ptolemy
    Alexander
    30s
  • Q12
    What was the name of Alexander's heavy cavalry?
    Companions
    Hypaspists
    Phalanx
    Royal Guard
    30s
  • Q13
    How many times did Darius offer to make a peace settlement with Alexander?
    3
    1
    2
    4
    30s
  • Q14
    What was the name of Alexander's horse?
    Pegasus
    Timon
    Bucephalas
    Dionysus
    30s
  • Q15
    Although he had several, which mythical hero did Alexander see as his ideal model?
    Agamemnon
    Hector
    Achilles
    Odysseus
    30s

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