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This is a quiz I created, it's just for fun. Answer as yourself, and it will tell you which character from Alexander's story you most resemble.
If none of the answers is quite right for you, just pick the closest.
The character summaries at the end are deliberately generous, picking on each person's best qualities.

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/1Sof3RL/Whi ... er-are-you

I hope you enjoy it!
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Evidently, given the result, the scientific basis of the questions needs looking at....
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And what was this apparently undesired result Paralus? Please do share... :P
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Post by amyntoros »

Haven't been around much lately due to a persistent illness, but this quiz was quick and fun to do.

Apparently, I am ... ahem ... Ptolemy! I quite admire him so it's not such a bad result - except I wish he didn't have a face like an old shoe! :lol:

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Semiramis wrote:And what was this apparently undesired result Paralus? Please do share... :P
It would appear that I am much given to wine and "carousing" until well into the morning; am an ardent fan of Euripides and Homer and have a marked tendency to consider peoples, as yet free, who do not recognise me as their ruler as "in revolt" and in need of full military persecution.

None of which, aside from that last (I am seeing Euripides' Trojan Women in September), I'd disagree with.

Hence my questioning of the scientific basis of the quiz....
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Wicked men, you sin against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander.

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Post by smittysmitty »

Ha! I'm an Alexander. I would never have picked that.

Was fun anyway.
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Oh, great . . . I'm Perdiccas :? Ignominious end, table for one!

Excellent quiz, Fiona!

Best,

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You grasping, greedy individual you Scott. Inflated view of your station in life eh? Don't go planning any holidays to Egypt.

Me? I'm VDH's murderous mass killer.
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Wicked men, you sin against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander.

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Perdiccas to his men, seconds before the knives fly: "No, no . . . trust me, those crocs are harmless!"

I was so hoping I'd be Ptolemy.

Paralus, I KNEW you had murderous designs on the East! ;)
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ScottOden wrote: Perdiccas to his men, seconds before the knives fly: "No, no . . . trust me, those crocs are harmless!"
Or: "What, it's my fault the bloody elephants scoured out the river bed? Anyway, they assured me they could swim! Come on Anti, you know they did. And what's with Sel and Peitho and the knives? The bloody barbarians'll slice the boar"
ScottOden wrote:Paralus, I KNEW you had murderous designs on the East! ;)
Don't be concerned unless I threaten to crucify or transfix with a sarisa those who disagree with me on this forum...
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Wicked men, you sin against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander.

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Post by marcus »

Fiona wrote: The character summaries at the end are deliberately generous, picking on each person's best qualities.
Hmm, not sure I agree with that, considering I came out as Cleitus! :shock: :( :(

Good fun, though! :D

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Post by Sandra »

OMG! :shock: Hmm... Never thought about being Hephaistion... But not bad, not bad :)
Loyal, loving, understanding things... Sounds great, but... (speaking of Hephaistion, my first thought quite often is Plutarchus story about his death:()
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Oh, it turns out that I'm Roxane! Hmm... Isolated, proud, and not afraid to struggle. Plus I get to be the wife of the man I admire most :lol: I guess it's pretty good (if you overlook the fact that I kill Stateira and am eventually killed by Cassander). I can live with that.

Great quiz, Fiona! I've always wondered which Alexander character I was! :D
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Some great results there! Many thanks for playing, everyone, glad you enjoyed it.
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Post by Vergina Sun »

Just out of curiosity, Fiona, what Alexander character are you? :wink:
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