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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. 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) 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.
(d) The unwillingness of the senate to release lands that were under its authority.

2. What was the most notable sign that Plutarch suggests that proves Caesar had begun to win popular support to challenge Sylla?
(a) When he challenged Sylla's hold on power directly in the Senate.
(b) When he allied himself with Sylla's enemies in the Senate.
(c) When he took possession of a field owned by Sylla.
(d) When he praised an enemy of Sylla's, named Marius, during the eulogy of Marius' wife.

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

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

5. Who does Plutarch report to be the father of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus?
(a) Caius Gracchus I.
(b) Tiberius Gracchus I.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Julius Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch claim caused Caesar and Pompey to become rivals for power?

2. According to Plutarch, how did Caesar begin his rise to power over Rome?

3. After Dion drove Donysius II from Syracuse, what does Plutarch claim came of his attempt to form a government?

4. Why does Plutarch suggest that Dion was banished from Syracuse by the supporters of Dionysisus' son, Dionysisus II?

5. Who does Plutarch report commissioned Caesar to travel to Spain?

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