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Quiz about Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt
Quiz about Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt Trivia Quiz


This is a short quiz about the life and times of the Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra VII.

A multiple-choice quiz by Jaffas85. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Jaffas85
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
51,927
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
5589
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 77 (7/10), Guest 47 (2/10), Guest 99 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what year was Cleopatra born? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. How many brothers and how many sisters did Cleopatra have? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Berenice IV and Cleopatra VI, Cleopatra's older sisters, overthrew their father, Ptolemy XII, in order to rule by themeselves. Cleopatra VI vanished strangely one day and not long after Ptolemy XII took back his throne with the aid of the Romans. What punishment did he give to Berenice IV? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Shortly after Cleopatra had ascended to the throne there was an attempted coup. Her co-ruler Ptolemy XIII and her younger sister Arsinoe raised the Egyptian Army against her in a plot to remove her from power. Which Roman general helped Cleopatra to win back her throne? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. How many children did Queen Cleopatra VII have altogether by her two lovers Julius Caesar and Marc Antony? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What happened to Cleopatra's younger sister Arsinoe after she was caught when escaping from the Alexandrian War? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. After Caesar's death in 44BC, the Roman Empire was split between Marc Antony and Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra became very close while he was governing in the east . What did Octavian have to say about this? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the 30s BC Octavian declared war on Marc Antony. Antony moved to the cove of Actium to prepare all his resources for battle. Many Roman soldiers at Actium with Antony disliked Cleopatra's presence. Why? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What happened at the Battle of Actium in 31BC? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. When the Roman army approached Alexandria, Cleopatra locked herself and her two female servants Charmian and Iras, into her mausoleum. Roman soldiers climbed in through a window and pulled Cleopatra out and she was then locked up in her room. She used the pretence of preparing Antony's body for the afterlife in her tomb to go back inside her tomb. What fate befell Queen Cleopatra? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what year was Cleopatra born?

Answer: 69BC

Cleopatra was always a healthy child but one that was never destined to rule Egypt.
2. How many brothers and how many sisters did Cleopatra have?

Answer: two brothers and three sisters

Cleopatra's three younger siblings - Arsinoe IV, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV - were all half siblings. Cleopatra's mother died when she was little.
3. Berenice IV and Cleopatra VI, Cleopatra's older sisters, overthrew their father, Ptolemy XII, in order to rule by themeselves. Cleopatra VI vanished strangely one day and not long after Ptolemy XII took back his throne with the aid of the Romans. What punishment did he give to Berenice IV?

Answer: She was executed in front of her father

To the end, Berenice blamed her father for letting the Romans into Egypt and claimed that he had given away their kingdom.
4. Shortly after Cleopatra had ascended to the throne there was an attempted coup. Her co-ruler Ptolemy XIII and her younger sister Arsinoe raised the Egyptian Army against her in a plot to remove her from power. Which Roman general helped Cleopatra to win back her throne?

Answer: Julius Caesar

This is about the same period when Cleopatra and Julius Caesar fell madly in love and conceived their first child.
5. How many children did Queen Cleopatra VII have altogether by her two lovers Julius Caesar and Marc Antony?

Answer: Four

Cleopatra's child by Caesar was Ptolemy XV Caesar and by Marc Antony she had Cleopatra Selene, Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphes. After Cleopatra's death Octavian had Ptolemy XV Caesar murdered and the rest of the children were brought up by his sister Octavia, who had previously been married to Marc Antony. (Such marriages weren't necessarily taboo at the time).
6. What happened to Cleopatra's younger sister Arsinoe after she was caught when escaping from the Alexandrian War?

Answer: She was taken back to Rome and led in a trail of conquest through the streets

Cleopatra and Arsinoe and always been very similar strong willed personalities and Arsinoe did not just settle for rulership of the island of Cyprus when it was offered to her - she had to have it all!
7. After Caesar's death in 44BC, the Roman Empire was split between Marc Antony and Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra became very close while he was governing in the east . What did Octavian have to say about this?

Answer: That Antony no longer cared at all about Rome but only about the Egyptian Queen

Back in Rome Octavian was trying to blacken Antony's name so that he could become sole ruler of Rome and show all the Romans just how respectable he was with his values and loyalty to Roman affairs.
8. In the 30s BC Octavian declared war on Marc Antony. Antony moved to the cove of Actium to prepare all his resources for battle. Many Roman soldiers at Actium with Antony disliked Cleopatra's presence. Why?

Answer: They felt a woman didn't belong on a battlefield

Antony and Cleopatra stayed at Actium for many weeks preparing for battle.
9. What happened at the Battle of Actium in 31BC?

Answer: Cleopatra and Antony's navy was almost completely obliterated and Cleopatra had to flee back to Egypt with Antony lagging behind

The Battle of Actium was a very disapointing defeat for Cleopatra. Antony almost drowned and when he returned to Egypt he was in such deep despair that even Cleopatra could barely raise his spirits.
10. When the Roman army approached Alexandria, Cleopatra locked herself and her two female servants Charmian and Iras, into her mausoleum. Roman soldiers climbed in through a window and pulled Cleopatra out and she was then locked up in her room. She used the pretence of preparing Antony's body for the afterlife in her tomb to go back inside her tomb. What fate befell Queen Cleopatra?

Answer: Cleopatra, dressed in all her finery, killed herself using an asp

With Cleopatra's death was also the death of Pharonic Egypt. Egypt was now to be governed as a Roman province but her memory lives on to present day as one of the greatest queens that ever reigned.
Source: Author Jaffas85

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