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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?
(a) History.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Oratory.
(d) Mathematics.

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

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

4. What does Plutarch report to be the joke that Neoptoleumus, captain of Alexander's lifeguard, told of Eumenes?
(a) That other armies train with swords, but Ememes' army trains with parchment.
(b) That Alexander fought with soldiers, but Eumenes fought with words.
(c) That he had followed Alexander with shield and spear, but Eumenes only with pen and paper.
(d) That Eumemes' battles were always fiercer on paper than they were in the field.

5. What disaster does Plutarch report occurred on the day that Alexander was born that later added to the legend that he was a demi-god?
(a) A Macedonian fleet survived a horrible storm at sea on the day Alexander was born.
(b) An earthquake shook the royal palace while Alexander was being born.
(c) The Temple of Diana burned down and a story was spread that it did so because Diana was attending the birth of Alexander.
(d) Lightning hit the area of the palace where Alexander's mother was giving birth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?

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

4. What does Plutarch claim Aristotle provided that he considered, "...a perfect portable treasure of all military virtue and knowledge...."?

5. Who was the Persian King that Plutarch reported Alexander defeated on his expedition to India?

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