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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. Who did Plutarch report to be the first Roman official to try to take up the issue that confronted Tiberius after his election as tribune?
(a) Caius Laelius.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Crassus.
(d) Scipio.

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 a popular king, but Brutus overthrew a despised tyrant.
(c) Dion overthrew a king in his own castle, but Brutus overthrew a leader on the floor of the senate.
(d) Dion overthrew an obvious tyrant, but there is no evidence that Caesar was a tyrant.

3. Who does Plutarch claim led a successful conspiracy to murder Dion?
(a) His brother Thearides.
(b) His half brother Ochus.
(c) Gelon.
(d) His friend, Callippus.

4. What does Plutarch claim caused Caesar and Pompey to become rivals for power?
(a) Pompey's alliance with Crassus.
(b) Pompey's defeat to Sertorius in Spain.
(c) The rivalry between Pompey's father and Caesar's family.
(d) Crassus' death.

5. Who does Plutarch report to be the master of Rome before Caesar came to power?
(a) Crassus.
(b) Cato.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Sylla.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Plutarch compare the motivations of rebelling between Dion and Brutus?

2. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference in the military achievements between Dion and Brutus?

3. What did Plutarch claim came of Caius after his death?

4. How did Tiberius finally push his land reform law through the Senate, according to Plutarch?

5. What does Plutarch claim Caesar chose to do while Sylla's power reached its peak?

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