Quiz  /  Cleopatra: Fact or Fiction? Quiz

  • 1. 
    Cleopatra was the first queen of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt between 323 and 30 BC.

  • True
  • False

  • 2. 
    Cleopatra was 18 years old when she inherited the throne alongside her younger brother Ptolemy XIII. 

  • True
  • False

  • 3. 
    When Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII first inherited the throne, Ptolemy was the dominant ruler.

  • True
  • False

  • 4. 
    In 50 BC Cleopatra took complete control of the throne from Ptolemy XIII.

  • True
  • False

  • 5. 
    Cleopatra sought the support of Julius Caesar to help her take back the throne from Ptolemy.

  • True
  • False

  • 6. 
    Cleopatra and Julius Caesar were lovers.

  • True
  • False

  • 7. 
    Cleopatra and her new lover Mark Antony were involved in Julius Caesar’s assassination.

  • True
  • False

  • 8. 
    Cleopatra and Mark Antony lived what some have interpreted as a life of debauchery and indulgence.

  • True
  • False

  • 9. 
    Cleopatra worked with Octavian to gain more power in Rome.

  • True
  • False

  • 10. 
    Octavian was defeated by the joint forces of Cleopatra and Antony at the Battle of Actium.

  • True
  • False

  • 11. 
    At the time of her death, Cleopatra had been queen for 22 years.

  • True
  • False
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