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

2. What is the first similarity that Plutarch recognized between Sertorius and Eumenes?
(a) That they were both embraced by the political leaders of their countries.
(b) They were both banished to foreign lands, but came to be commanders of powerful forces.
(c) That they were both ferocious in battle.
(d) That they both came from laboring families but worked up to the Noble class.

3. Who does Plutarch report took in Cato and his siblings after they were orphaned, and for what was this person known?
(a) Servilia who eventually became the wife of Brutus.
(b) Pompaedius Silo who became a captain in Caesar's army.
(c) Livius Drusus, an uncle on Cato's mother's side, raised the orphaned siblings, he was known for his role in the government and as being a very eloquent speaker.
(d) Sylla who was the most violent despot of Rome.

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

5. Who does Plutarch report ruled Rome in a Triumvirate while Cato served in the Senate?
(a) Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus.
(b) Tiberius, Cicero, and Caius.
(c) Sertorius, Brutus, and Cassius.
(d) Brutus, Octavius, and Antony.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Agesilaus take the throne from his brother, Agis, according to Plutarch?

2. What are the character qualities Plutarch attributes to Cato from infancy?

3. What disaster does Plutarch report occurred on the day that Alexander was born that later added to the legend that he was a demi-god?

4. What does Plutarch report of Cato during this civil war?

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

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