Q 01/05

Ramesses II was the third pharaoh of which Egyptian dynasty?

A) The Eighteenth

B) The Twentieth

C) The Nineteenth

D) The Twelfth

Answer · why

C) The Nineteenth

The Nineteenth. His name carried such weight that nine kings of the following dynasty, from Ramesses III to Ramesses XI, called themselves after him.

Q 02/05

How long did Ramesses II reign?

A) 6 years

B) 16 years

C) 33 years

D) 66 years

Answer · why

D) 66 years

66 years. He outlived his twelve eldest sons, so it was the thirteenth who finally inherited the throne.

Q 03/05

By what name did ancient Greek sources refer to Ramesses II?

A) Mycerinus

B) Ozymandias

C) Amenophis

D) Cheops

Answer · why

B) Ozymandias

Ozymandias. The Greek historian Diodorus used the name when he quoted a boast carved on a colossus at Thebes, daring anyone who doubted the king's gre...

Q 04/05

Which pharaoh, Ramesses II's father, took him to war as a teenager?

A) Akhenaten

B) Thutmose III

C) Seti I

D) Amenhotep III

Answer · why

C) Seti I

Seti I. He named the boy his heir and brought him along on his wars, so Ramesses took the throne already practised at ruling and fighting.

Q 05/05

Ramesses II's grandfather, Ramesses I, held which high office under Horemheb before being named his heir?

A) Royal architect

B) Vizier

C) Governor of Nubia

D) Court physician

Answer · why

B) Vizier

Vizier. Ramesses II was not born a prince: his family were soldiers from the Delta, and Horemheb, who had no son, picked his own chief minister to fol...