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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his return from Spain, with whom does Plutarch claim Caesar took power over Rome in the Triumvirate?
(a) Brutus and Cassius.
(b) Sylla and Nero.
(c) Antony and Octavius.
(d) Crassus and Pompey.

2. Who was the Persian King that Plutarch reported Alexander defeated on his expedition to India?
(a) Philip.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Antipater.
(d) Darius.

3. Who were they, and what were the nationalities of Alexander's parents, according to Plutarch?
(a) Philip of Macedon, and Olympia of Greece.
(b) Attalus of Macedon and Olympia of Greece.
(c) Philip of Greece, and Potidaea of Rome.
(d) Eumens of Sparta, and Cleopatra of Persia.

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

5. Who did Plutarch report to be the father of Agis and Agesilaus?
(a) Zeuxidamus, King of the Lacedaemonians.
(b) Archidamus, king of the Lacedaemonians.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Duris the historian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?

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

4. In what sort of family does Plutarch claim Sertorius was raised?

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

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