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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?
(a) Alexander began surpassing the courses taught him in the royal palace.
(b) Alexander broke a horse, Bucephalus, in front of his father and his attendants.
(c) Alexander showed greater intelligence when confronting foes in wrestling matches.
(d) Alexander began offering innovative strategies for battle to Philip's captains.

2. What is a major difference between Sertorius and Eumenes that Plutarch recognized?
(a) Sertorius was well read, but Eumenes was illiterate.
(b) Sertorius' soldiers yielded to him freely, whereas Eumenes won a contested office by proving his superiority.
(c) That Sertorius was a learned captain, but Eumenes gained all of his knowledge from battle.
(d) That Sertorious had the support of the government, but Eumenes was in rebellion against the government.

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

4. How did the separation of Alexander from Philip affect his reign over Philip's empire, according to Plutarch?
(a) Alexander chose to spread Greek culture through his captured lands rather than Macedonian culture.
(b) Alexander rejected all of Philip's military tactics and found new generals.
(c) Alexander purged his government of all officials that were named by his father.
(d) Alexander moved the capital of Macedon to Athens.

5. With whom did Pompey make war that Plutarch reported eventually led to his death in Egypt?
(a) Pompey led a civil war against Caesar in an attempt to take Caesar's power.
(b) Pompey led a civil war against Antony after the assassination of Caesar.
(c) Pompey led a civil war against Crassus to consolidate the power of the Triumvirate.
(d) Pompey led a civil war against Sertorius to exert Roman control over Western Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?

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?

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

4. Where does Plutarch report Alexander died?

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

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