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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 does Plutarch claim Caesar said when he heard of Cato's suicide?
(a) "Cato, I grudge your death, as you have grudged me the preservation of your life."
(b) "You're a greater man than I, Cato."
(c) "I come not to bury Cato, but to praise him."
(d) "My greatest enemy has been vanquished and now I can rule supreme."

2. 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 power with great military victories, but Agesilaus rose by negotiating peace.
(c) Pompey made his rise to greatness by confronting tyrants, but Agesilaus rose through allying with tryants.
(d) Pompey made his rise to greatness by the fairest and justest means, but Agesilaus rose through the deception of a misinterpreted prophesy.

3. With whom does Plutarch report Agis ruled over the Lacedaemonians?
(a) Cleomenes, husband to Agiatis.
(b) Lysander, a Spartan General.
(c) Agesilaus, his half brother.
(d) Leonidas, son of Cleonymus.

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

5. How did Agesilaus take the throne from his brother, Agis, according to Plutarch?
(a) Agesilaus poisoned Agis.
(b) Lysander, a popular general, applied a misinterpretation of a prophesy against the rumored illegitimate son of Agis.
(c) Agesilaus hired conspirators to murder Agis.
(d) Agesilaus defeated Agis in a duel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far to the East did Plutarch claim Alexander spread his empire?

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

3. 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?

4. What victory of Phocion over the Macedonians did Plutarch report as being that which earned the admiration of Philip, King of Macedon?

5. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?

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