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QUIZ OF THE DAY : Alexander the Great 1
Alexander the Great, Day 1
1. __________________________ What country was Alexander the Great from?
2. __________________________ What was Alexander’s father’s name?
3. __________________________ Who did he believe his real father was?
4. __________________________ Who was Alexander’s teacher?
6. The gastrophetes, a Greek invention, is most similar to which type of weapon?
* catapult
* sling
* crossbow
* gladius
7. Before Philip II could begin his conquest of Persia, he was killed by:
* his wife.
* a bodyguard.
* his son Alexander.
* a mysterious illness.
8. How did Alexander finally defeat the fortified city of Tyre?
* He used siege towers to breach the walls.
* He pounded the city with oxybeles for days until the walls were sufficiently weakened.
* He had his engineers tunnel under the city and plant explosives.
* He cut off the city’s food supplies and waited them out.
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the three main parts of an ancient Greek theatre?
* theatron
* stoa
* orchestra
* skene
10. In the 1st century C.E., the Greek engineer Hero invented the aeolipile, which harnessed the power of ____.
* tides
* sunlight
* electricity
* steam
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