Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus with Agis and Cleomenes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?
(a) Pompey traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.
(b) Pompey set us his own slave as having stolen the funds.
(c) Pompey pledged his loyalty to Sylla.
(d) Pompey proved his father was in Spain governing the Roman province when the money had disappeared.

2. How did Plutarch claim Agis and Cleomenes incurred the hatred of the rich and powerful?
(a) By taxing them to support homeless soldiers.
(b) By taking their laborers from them to fight in wars.
(c) By being desirous to restore the noble and just form of government.
(d) By inciting the working class to take their property.

3. What did Plutarch report to be Agesilaus' physical deformity?
(a) He had a lame hand.
(b) He was blind.
(c) He had one leg shorter than the other.
(d) He had only one eye.

4. According to Plutarch, how did Caesar begin his rise to power over Rome?
(a) By using his new learned rhetorical skills to bring charges of corruption against high-ranking officials in Sylla's administration.
(b) By forming political alliances in the Senate.
(c) By bringing wealth back to Rome after military victories and sharing it among the plebes.
(d) By using his military victories to gain political support from the population.

5. What was Caesar's first step, according to Plutarch, when he was informed of Sylla's power being in decline?
(a) He joined with Crassus and Pompey to form a triumvirate to overpower Sylla.
(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 attended the school of a famous rhetorician named Apollonius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?

2. What does Plutarch declare to be the condition of men in public life?

3. According to Plutarch's report, how did Phocion become general more than 45 times?

4. Who did Plutarch claim Agis had imprisoned and hanged?

5. What does Plutarch report to be the condition of Lacedaemonia when Agis and his partner began their reign?

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