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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, when did Phocion rise to power in Athens?
(a) As the ship of state in Athens was sinking.
(b) As Greece was recovering from war with the Macedonians.
(c) After the death of Eumenes.
(d) After Alexander had decided to invade Persia.

2. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?
(a) Pompey proved his father was in Spain governing the Roman province when the money had disappeared.
(b) Pompey set us his own slave as having stolen the funds.
(c) Pompey pledged his loyalty to Sylla.
(d) Pompey traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.

3. What does Plutarch declare to be the condition of men in public life?
(a) "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
(b) "You see what power is--holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them."
(c) "There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endangerment of the public liberty.
(d) "...(They) are content to make themselves the slaves and followers of all the people's humors and caprices."

4. Who did Plutarch report to be the father of Agis and Agesilaus?
(a) Duris the historian.
(b) Archidamus, king of the Lacedaemonians.
(c) Zeuxidamus, King of the Lacedaemonians.
(d) Alcibiades.

5. According to Plutarch, how did Caesar begin his rise to power over Rome?
(a) By bringing wealth back to Rome after military victories and sharing it among the plebes.
(b) By using his new learned rhetorical skills to bring charges of corruption against high-ranking officials in Sylla's administration.
(c) By forming political alliances in the Senate.
(d) By using his military victories to gain political support from the population.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Phocion advise Alexander to make war against rather than the Athenians, according to Plutarch?

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

3. How did Plutarch characterize Phocion's speech?

4. How did Plutarch characterize the differences in the changes in government "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans" sought to achieve?

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

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