Quiz  /  Alexander the Great: Fact or Fiction?

  • 1. 
    Alexander the Great was a pupil of Plato.

  • True
  • False

  • 2. 
    Alexander the Great succeeded his father as king without opposition.

  • True
  • False

  • 3. 
    Alexander’s forces were ill-prepared for their invasionb of Persia.

  • True
  • False

  • 4. 
    Alexander the Great lost only one major battle in 11 years of campaigning.

  • True
  • False

  • 5. 
    Alexander declared himself King of Asia after the Persian king Darius III was killed in 330.

  • True
  • False

  • 6. 
    Alexander’s belief in his divine heritage was accepted by his troops.

  • True
  • False

  • 7. 
    Alexander fought his last great battle on the banks of the Hydaspes River on June 1, 326.

  • True
  • False

  • 8. 
    Alexander the Great died in battle in India.

  • True
  • False

  • 9. 
    Alexander the Great’s achievements helped pave the way for the rise of the Roman Empire, the spread of Christianity, and centuries of Byzantine rule.

  • True
  • False
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