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

2. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?
(a) Octavious Caesar.
(b) Tiberius Caesar.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) The first Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar.

3. 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) Cassius conspired with Brutus to remove Caesar from contention for power.
(c) Sylla wanted Caesar to put his wife away because her father, Cinna, was the ruler of Rome priort to Sylla.
(d) Crassus allied himself with Pompey in the Roman Senate to force Caesar into a triumvirate.

4. What does Plutarch claim that Brutus' decision to betray Caesar prove?
(a) That he was driven by principle and not emotion.
(b) That he harbored resentment for his abandoning his mother after their affair.
(c) That he was ungrateful for the grace that Caesar extended to him after the civil war with Pompey.
(d) That he wanted the opportunity to rule Rome.

5. How did Plutarch report Caesar lost his position as Dictator?
(a) An insurrection by soldiers stationed in Germany.
(b) The Roman Senate voted to exile Caesar for his many wars.
(c) He was challenged to war by Ptolemy, which Caesar lost.
(d) He was assassinated by a conspiracy led by Cassius and Marcus Brutus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Brutus join in the successful assassination attempt against Caesar, according to Plutarch?

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

4. After his return from Spain, with whom does Plutarch claim Caesar took power over Rome in the Triumvirate?

5. 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?

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