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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Agis and Cleomenes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Plutarch report Agis ruled over the Lacedaemonians?
(a) Leonidas, son of Cleonymus.
(b) Lysander, a Spartan General.
(c) Agesilaus, his half brother.
(d) Cleomenes, husband to Agiatis.

2. Where does Plutarch report Alexander died?
(a) Babylon.
(b) India.
(c) Persia.
(d) Athens.

3. Why does Plutarch suggest that Cleomenes eliminated the office of ephors from Spartan Government?
(a) Because he discovered the ephors were stealing from the public coffers.
(b) Because he discovered he was king in name only and that the ephors had all the power.
(c) Because the ephors were a barrier to his desire to battle the Greeks.
(d) Because the ephors were inciting the public to overthrow him.

4. What does Plutarch report of Cato during this civil war?
(a) He fled with Pompey and stopped in Utica while Pompey proceeded to Greece.
(b) He remained in the Senate to help keep peace in Rome.
(c) He remained neutral only to be taken prison by Caesar after the war ended.
(d) He joined Caesar to benefit his career in the senate.

5. How did Plutarch describe Cleomenes' personality?
(a) Violent and impetuous in personal relationships but focused and thoughtful in combat.
(b) Ambivalent toward justice but fiery in his pursuit of battle.
(c) Temperate and moderate in leadership, but outgoing and social with friends.
(d) Temperate and moderate in his pleasures, but impetuous and violent in his eagerness to pursue anything which he thought good and just.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?

3. What did Plutarch claim was the final indication that Pompey had fallen out of Sylla's favor?

4. How did Plutarch report Caesar lost his position as Dictator?

5. What did Plutarch report to be Agesilaus' physical deformity?

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