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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. What was a political hurdle that Plutarch claimed Pompey had to overcome?
(a) Pompey was not respected after he lost battles in Spain.
(b) He was a rival to Caesar.
(c) He was a rival to Crassus.
(d) His father, Strabo, was so reviled by the Romans that they desecrated his body after his death.

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

3. What does Plutarch claim Caesar chose to do while Sylla's power reached its peak?
(a) He contended with Caesar's power in the Senate.
(b) He gathered forces to challenge Sylla with a civil war.
(c) He joined a conspiracy with Brutus and Cassius to assassinate Sylla.
(d) He left Rome in exile.

4. In the comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus (henceforth identified here as "The Roman Brothers") with Agis and Cleomenes ("The Spartans"), how does Plutarch refer to Tiberius and Caius as a unit?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Gracchi.
(c) Sons of Gracchus.
(d) Tiberius and Caius.

5. How did Plutarch claim Agis and Cleomenes incurred the hatred of the rich and powerful?
(a) By inciting the working class to take their property.
(b) By being desirous to restore the noble and just form of government.
(c) By taking their laborers from them to fight in wars.
(d) By taxing them to support homeless soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?

2. Which one of the four being compared does Plutarch report had no great action worthy of a commander?

3. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?

4. What does Plutarch identify as the difference in the characters between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?

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

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