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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. How did the master of Rome prior to Caesar's reign make himself an enemy to Caesar, according to Plutarch?
(a) Cato warned the Senate of the ambitions of Caesar.
(b) Sylla wanted Caesar to put his wife away because her father, Cinna, was the ruler of Rome priort to Sylla.
(c) Crassus allied himself with Pompey in the Roman Senate to force Caesar into a triumvirate.
(d) Cassius conspired with Brutus to remove Caesar from contention for power.

2. What did Plutarch claim that Caius had to overcome before he was elected to tribune?
(a) His fear that the animosity for his brother still existed.
(b) The hold that landowners had over the senate.
(c) The unwillingness of the senate to release lands that were under its authority.
(d) False charges that he had been defiant to his authorities as a quaestor, that he had excited insurrections among allies, and had been involved in conspiracies.

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

4. How did Plutarch explain the difference between Tiberius and Caius when they delivered speeches?
(a) Tiberius was verbose and theatrical; Caius was slow and methodical.
(b) Tiberius was gentle and composed, and Caius was earnest and vehement.
(c) Tiberius was rehearsed and serious; Caius was sarcastic and whimisical.
(d) Tiberius was confrontational; Caius was diplomatic.

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 returned to his home realizing that Sylla no longer had the support to eliminate his enemies.
(c) He attended the school of a famous rhetorician named Apollonius.
(d) He began rallying support in the senate to have Sylla removed from power.

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 report to be the first Roman official to try to take up the issue that confronted Tiberius after his election as tribune?

3. Who did Plutarch identify as the Senator that Brutus opposed, but joined in a civil war against Caesar?

4. What did Plutarch claim to be the main issue facing Tiberius after he was elected tribune of the people?

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

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