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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Plutarch report Alexander died?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Athens.
(c) Persia.
(d) India.

2. 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) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

3. 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 power with great military victories, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating peace.
(c) Pompey made his rise to power by murdering rivals, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating with rivals.
(d) Pompey made his rise to greatness by confronting tyrants, but Agesilaus rose through allying with tryants.

4. 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 traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.
(d) Pompey set us his own slave as having stolen the funds.

5. What did Plutarch report to be Agesilaus' physical deformity?
(a) He had a lame hand.
(b) He had one leg shorter than the other.
(c) He was blind.
(d) He had only one eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Plutarch consider Agesilaus a better general than Pompey?

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

3. Why does Plutarch claim Philip believed that Alexander was a demi-god?

4. Who is the famous Roman General that Plutarch claims Sertorius outwitted during his exile in Spain?

5. How did the separation of Alexander from Philip affect his reign over Philip's empire, according to Plutarch?

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