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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phocion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Alexander when Plutarch claims he took the Macedonian throne after Philip's death?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

2. What did Plutarch claim was the final indication that Pompey had fallen out of Sylla's favor?
(a) Sylla did not include Pompey in his will.
(b) Sylla dispatched Pompey to Spain to quell rebellions.
(c) Sylla attempted to have Pompey imprisoned.
(d) Sylla defeated Pompey in battle as he was returning from conquests in Europe.

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

4. How did Plutarch characterize Phocion's speech?
(a) "...full of instruction, abounding in happy maxims and wise thoughts, but admitted no embellishment to its austere and commanding brevity."
(b) "...That even from his infancy, in his speech, his countenance, and all his childish pastimes, he discovered and inflexible temper,..."
(c) "Few had ever said as much with a paucity of verbage."
(d) "Never had anyone said so much to so many with so few words."

5. How old does Plutarch claim Alexander to have been when Philip left him in charge of Macedon while he went on an expedition against Byzantine?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch report to be Phocion's retort when Athens began to celebrate the death of Philip of Macedon?

2. In what sort of family does Plutarch claim Sertorius was raised?

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

4. What victory of Phocion over the Macedonians did Plutarch report as being that which earned the admiration of Philip, King of Macedon?

5. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?

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