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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the famous Roman General that Plutarch claims Sertorius outwitted during his exile in Spain?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Phocion.
(d) Pompey.

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

3. Why does Plutarch claim Philip believed that Alexander was a demi-god?
(a) Because Philip once saw a serpent sleeping with his wife and he was advised by a pagan priest that the serpent was Ammon (Zeus, Jupiter) who had taken that form.
(b) Because Alexander showed unnatural skill and intelligence from an early age.
(c) Because Philip had a dream about serpents sleeping with Olympia that were signs of Jupiter's presence.
(d) Because there were three omens that prophets interpreted that Alexander's birth was exalted.

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

5. How does Plutarch compare the climb to power between Agesilaus and Pompey?
(a) Pompey made his rise to greatness by the fairest and justest means, but Agesilaus rose through the deception of a misinterpreted prophesy.
(b) Pompey made his rise to greatness by confronting tyrants, but Agesilaus rose through allying with tryants.
(c) Pompey made his rise to power with great military victories, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating peace.
(d) Pompey made his rise to power by murdering rivals, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating with rivals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Plutarch compare Sertorius and Eumenes in their views of war?

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

3. How did Plutarch compare Agesilaus and Pompey in their treatment of the men who supported their rise to power?

4. What does Plutarch report to be the joke that Neoptoleumus, captain of Alexander's lifeguard, told of Eumenes?

5. Who were they, and what were the nationalities of Alexander's parents, according to Plutarch?

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