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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Roman political leader does Plutarch claim was a friend to Cato's family?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Sylla.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Sertorius.

2. Who did Plutarch report to be the first Roman official to try to take up the issue that confronted Tiberius after his election as tribune?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Crassus.
(c) Caius Laelius.
(d) Scipio.

3. What is the first similarity that Plutarch recognized between Sertorius and Eumenes?
(a) That they were both ferocious in battle.
(b) They were both banished to foreign lands, but came to be commanders of powerful forces.
(c) That they both came from laboring families but worked up to the Noble class.
(d) That they were both embraced by the political leaders of their countries.

4. For what does Plutarch claim Marcus Brutus is known?
(a) For being the illegitimate son of Caesar.
(b) Acting as one of the assassins of Caesar.
(c) For being the, "Noblest Roman of them all."
(d) For his role in the civil war with Pompey.

5. Who does Plutarch report to be the master of Rome before Caesar came to power?
(a) Cato.
(b) Crassus.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Sylla.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Plutarch, what was the difference in political support between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?

2. 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?

3. What did Plutarch claim was the final indication that Pompey had fallen out of Sylla's favor?

4. What is the reason Plutarch gives for Aratus deciding to make alliance with Philip of Macedon?

5. Who did Brutus join in the successful assassination attempt against Caesar, according to Plutarch?

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