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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus with Agis and Cleomenes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Plutarch, how did Cleomenes become King of the Spartans?
(a) He became King after defeating Agesilaus in battle.
(b) He became king from family succssion from Agis.
(c) He became King after Lysander used a false prophesy to discredit Leotychides.
(d) He became King after the death of Leonidas.

2. What did Plutarch identify as the primary difference between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?
(a) "The Roman Brothers" were great warriors, but "The Spartans" were thinkers and politicians.
(b) "The Roman Brothers" were wealthy landowners, but "The Spartans" gained their wealth through military exploits.
(c) "The Roman Brothers" improved their virtue through generous education but "The Spartans" kept their virtue in a social environment that had corrupted others.
(d) "The Roman Brothers" tried to revert the Roman culture to its old ways, but "The Spartans" only tried moderate changes in the legal system.

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

4. How did Plutarch characterize the differences in the changes in government "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans" sought to achieve?
(a) "The Roman Brothers" worked to restore the principles of the Republic, whereas "The Spartans" attempted to rid Sparta of its Greek democratic influence.
(b) "The Roman Brothers" aimed at settling cities, mending highways, and recovering public lands whereas "The Spartans" sought to restore their city to its ancient state.
(c) "The Roman Brothers" sought to place all power in a king, but "The Spartans" sought democracy.
(d) "The Roman Brothers" sought to restore Rome to its ancient Republic, whereas "The Spartans" sought internal improvements.

5. With whom did Pompey ally himself to overcome the reputation of his father, and who did Plutarch report they oppose in a civil conflict for power over Rome?
(a) Pompey allied himself with Caesar in an attempt to overthrow Sylla.
(b) Pompey allied himself with a very popular general named Sylla and they united their armies to oppose the tyrant, Carbo.
(c) Pompey allied himself with Crassus to overthrow Caesar.
(d) Pompey allied himself with Metellus to overthrow Sertorius' rebellions in Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Plutarch compare the climb to power between Agesilaus and Pompey?

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

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

4. With whom does Plutarch report Agis ruled over the Lacedaemonians?

5. According to Plutarch, who authored laws in Lacedaemonia that caused land that was once subject to inheritance within families to be taken into a few wealthy hands?

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