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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Plutarch report to be Agesilaus' physical deformity?
(a) He had only one eye.
(b) He had one leg shorter than the other.
(c) He had a lame hand.
(d) He was blind.

2. What does Plutarch claim Caesar chose to do while Sylla's power reached its peak?
(a) He joined a conspiracy with Brutus and Cassius to assassinate Sylla.
(b) He contended with Caesar's power in the Senate.
(c) He gathered forces to challenge Sylla with a civil war.
(d) He left Rome in exile.

3. How does Plutarch compare the climb to power between Agesilaus and Pompey?
(a) Pompey made his rise to power by murdering rivals, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating with rivals.
(b) Pompey made his rise to greatness by the fairest and justest means, but Agesilaus rose through the deception of a misinterpreted prophesy.
(c) Pompey made his rise to greatness by confronting tyrants, but Agesilaus rose through allying with tryants.
(d) Pompey made his rise to power with great military victories, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating peace.

4. How did Plutarch claim Agis and Cleomenes incurred the hatred of the rich and powerful?
(a) By being desirous to restore the noble and just form of government.
(b) By taxing them to support homeless soldiers.
(c) By taking their laborers from them to fight in wars.
(d) By inciting the working class to take their property.

5. What question, according to Plutarch, did Cato ask his guardian, Sarpedon, as he watched executions that were ordered by the Roman political leader?
(a) "Why does nobody kill this man?"
(b) "Is this the only justice for these criminals?"
(c) "What law brings this type of justice?"
(d) "What leader would cause this horror?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What battle against Macedon, according to Plutarch, that Phocion warned against taking that the Athenians lost under a different general?

2. What came of Rome after Crassus died, according to Plutarch?

3. Why does Plutarch suggest that Cleomenes eliminated the office of ephors from Spartan Government?

4. What does Plutarch report to be the condition of Lacedaemonia when Agis and his partner began their reign?

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

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