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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Agesilaus take the throne from his brother, Agis, according to Plutarch?
(a) Lysander, a popular general, applied a misinterpretation of a prophesy against the rumored illegitimate son of Agis.
(b) Agesilaus defeated Agis in a duel.
(c) Agesilaus poisoned Agis.
(d) Agesilaus hired conspirators to murder Agis.

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

3. 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) 18.
(d) 20.

4. How old was Alexander when Plutarch claims he took the Macedonian throne after Philip's death?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

5. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?
(a) Pompey set us his own slave as having stolen the funds.
(b) Pompey pledged his loyalty to Sylla.
(c) Pompey traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.
(d) Pompey proved his father was in Spain governing the Roman province when the money had disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a major difference between Sertorius and Eumenes that Plutarch recognized?

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

3. Who did Plutarch report to be the father of Agis and Agesilaus?

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

5. What was a political hurdle that Plutarch claimed Pompey had to overcome?

(see the answer key)

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