When your writing as a fourth person

do you write in past or present tense. Im reading alexander the great by Nikos Kzantzakis and here are a few samples of the questions :

1. How does Alexander tame Bucephalas?
2. What three pieces of advice does Stephan’s father give his son after Stephan is named an attaché’
3. What happens to Demosthenes during the battle of Greece?
4. Why do Alexander and his generals marry Persian women?

Answer the questions based on their tense.

When we write about literature or films, we write in the present tense (an exception would be if we are including some kind of chronology.)

1. Alexander tames Bucephalas by...

2. The first piece of advice given is...

3. Demosthenes, during the battle of Greece,...

4. The leadership of the Greek army choose to marry the women of Persia because...

As Vorpar says, answer in the present tense.

NB: it's usually Bucephalus ("bull-headed").

MrP