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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cato the Younger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Caesar's first step, according to Plutarch, when he was informed of Sylla's power being in decline?
(a) He attended the school of a famous rhetorician named Apollonius.
(b) He began rallying support in the senate to have Sylla removed from power.
(c) He returned to his home realizing that Sylla no longer had the support to eliminate his enemies.
(d) He joined with Crassus and Pompey to form a triumvirate to overpower Sylla.

2. 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 other armies train with swords, but Ememes' army trains with parchment.
(c) That Eumemes' battles were always fiercer on paper than they were in the field.
(d) That he had followed Alexander with shield and spear, but Eumenes only with pen and paper.

3. What was a political hurdle that Plutarch claimed Pompey had to overcome?
(a) Pompey was not respected after he lost battles in Spain.
(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) He was a rival to Crassus.

4. How did Plutarch compare Sertorius and Eumenes in their views of war?
(a) Both Eumenes hated the death of war, but loved the thrill of strategy.
(b) Eumenes naturally loved war, but Sertorius esteemed peace and tranquility.
(c) Both Eumenes and Sertorius esteemed peace and tranquility.
(d) Both Eumenes and Sertorius loved war.

5. 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) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alexander when Plutarch claims he took the Macedonian throne after Philip's death?

2. What was the most notable sign that Plutarch suggests that proves Caesar had begun to win popular support to challenge Sylla?

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

4. How did the master of Rome prior to Caesar's reign make himself an enemy to Caesar, according to Plutarch?

5. What does Plutarch claim caused Caesar and Pompey to become rivals for power?

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