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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dion, Marcus Brutus and The Comparison of Dion and Brutus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his return from Spain, with whom does Plutarch claim Caesar took power over Rome in the Triumvirate?
(a) Brutus and Cassius.
(b) Antony and Octavius.
(c) Crassus and Pompey.
(d) Sylla and Nero.

2. What is the difference Plutarch cites between the leaders that Dion and Brutus overthrew?
(a) Dion overthrew a king over a city, but Brutus overthrew the leader of a vast empire.
(b) Dion overthrew an obvious tyrant, but there is no evidence that Caesar was a tyrant.
(c) Dion overthrew a popular king, but Brutus overthrew a despised tyrant.
(d) Dion overthrew a king in his own castle, but Brutus overthrew a leader on the floor of the senate.

3. How did Tiberius finally push his land reform law through the Senate, according to Plutarch?
(a) He imposed an edict preventing all magistrates from performing their functions until the law was passed.
(b) He used his rhetorical skills to influence the senate to support his land reform law.
(c) He incited the homeless soldiers to storm the senate and forse it to support the law.
(d) He influenced the praetorian guard to enforce the law in spite of it not passing the senate.

4. What was Caesar's first step, according to Plutarch, when he was informed of Sylla's power being in decline?
(a) He attended the school of a famous rhetorician named Apollonius.
(b) He began rallying support in the senate to have Sylla removed from power.
(c) He returned to his home realizing that Sylla no longer had the support to eliminate his enemies.
(d) He joined with Crassus and Pompey to form a triumvirate to overpower Sylla.

5. Who does Plutarch report commissioned Caesar to travel to Spain?
(a) Crassus, who was the richest man in Rome.
(b) Pompey, who knew he needed Caesar's help.
(c) Cato, who saw the value of expanding the empire.
(d) Cassius, who desired to remove Caesar's influence from the Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Dion drove Donysius II from Syracuse, what does Plutarch claim came of his attempt to form a government?

2. Who did Plutarch identify as being responsible for opposing and turning back the legal and land reforms that were won by Caius as tribune?

3. Plutarch's tone in the profile of Aratus changes from his other reports. Why is this?

4. Why did Plutarch claim that Tiberius was beaten to death on the Senate Floor?

5. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?

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