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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 proved his father was in Spain governing the Roman province when the money had disappeared.
(c) Pompey pledged his loyalty to Sylla.
(d) Pompey traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.

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

3. 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 Crassus to consolidate the power of the Triumvirate.
(c) Pompey led a civil war against Sertorius to exert Roman control over Western Europe.
(d) Pompey led a civil war against Antony after the assassination of Caesar.

4. According to Plutarch, what eventually led to Alexander and his mother, Olympia, separating from Philip to become his rivals?
(a) Philip's squandering the family wealth on horses and soldiers.
(b) Philip's many marriages.
(c) Philip's drunken display at the wedding of one of his nieces.
(d) Philip's humiliating defeat against the Spartans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What preceded Caesar's election by the Senate to Dictator, according to Plutarch?

2. With whom did Pompey ally himself to overcome the reputation of his father, and who did Plutarch report they oppose in a civil conflict for power over Rome?

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

4. What is the first similarity that Plutarch recognized between Sertorius and Eumenes?

5. What five qualities does Plutarch claim that Sertorius possessed in greater qualities than the other generals to whom Plutarch compared him?

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