Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What battle against Macedon, according to Plutarch, that Phocion warned against taking that the Athenians lost under a different general?
(a) The battle at Chaeronea.
(b) The battle of Delphi.
(c) The battle of Persia.
(d) The battle for Euboea.

3. What did Plutarch claim was the final indication that Pompey had fallen out of Sylla's favor?
(a) Sylla dispatched Pompey to Spain to quell rebellions.
(b) Sylla defeated Pompey in battle as he was returning from conquests in Europe.
(c) Sylla did not include Pompey in his will.
(d) Sylla attempted to have Pompey imprisoned.

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

5. What is a major difference between Sertorius and Eumenes that Plutarch recognized?
(a) That Sertorious had the support of the government, but Eumenes was in rebellion against the government.
(b) That Sertorius was a learned captain, but Eumenes gained all of his knowledge from battle.
(c) Sertorius' soldiers yielded to him freely, whereas Eumenes won a contested office by proving his superiority.
(d) Sertorius was well read, but Eumenes was illiterate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Plutarch describe Cleomenes' personality?

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

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

4. What does Plutarch claim Caesar said when he heard of Cato's suicide?

5. Who did Phocion advise Alexander to make war against rather than the Athenians, according to Plutarch?

(see the answer key)

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