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Who was Alexandre the Great?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Alexander the Great?

a)

A philosopher

b)

A mathematician

c)

A military leader

d)

A diplomat

2.

Who was Alexander's father?

a)

A Persian emperor

b)

A Macedonian king

c)

A Greek philosopher

d)

A Roman general

3.

Who was the famous tutor of Alexander?

a)

Homer

b)

Philip

c)

Plutarch

d)

Aristotle

4.

How did Alexander prove his authority over rebellious Greeks?

a)

By storming the city of Thebes and slaughtering thousands of residents

b)

By negotiating with them

c)

By ignoring them and their demands

d)

By compromising with them

5.

Which empire did Alexander set out to conquer in 334 B.C.?

a)

The Roman Empire

b)

The Persian Empire

c)

The Roman Empire

d)

The Ottoman Empire

6.

What did Alexander do upon arriving in Egypt?

a)

He built the Lighthouse of Alexandria

b)

He married Queen Cleopatra

c)

He was honored as a god-king

d)

He contracted typho-fever

7.

Where did Alexander defeat Persian emperor Darius III for the first time?

a)

The Plain of Gaugamela

b)

The Phoenician port of Tyre

c)

The city of Troy

d)

The Gulf of Issus

8.

What lesson did Alexander fail to heed?

a)

The danger of hubris

b)

The importance of diplomacy

c)

The value of wealth

d)

The significance of democracy

9.

What was Alexander's genius?

a)

Diplomacy

b)

Military strategy

c)

Philosophy

d)

Science

10.

What happened to Alexander's empire after his death?

a)

The lands returned to their previous rulers

b)

The empire remained intact

c)

The empire split into separate regions

d)

The Macedonian army declared independence for all