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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far to the East did Plutarch claim Alexander spread his empire?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Persia.
(c) India.
(d) Babylon.

3. How does Plutarch claim the birth order of Agis and Agesilaus affected their lives?
(a) Agis, the older, was the favorite of the father, but Agesilaus was the favorite of their mother.
(b) Agis, the older, was given the inheritance of the king, but Agesilaus was given the authority over a province.
(c) Agis, the older, was trained in military matters, but Agesilaus was trained in agricultural arts.
(d) Agis, the older, was educated to be king, and Agesilaus was given a common education.

4. What did Plutarch report to be the difference between how the island allies of Athens treated other arriving Athenian admirals compared to their reception of Phocion?
(a) Other admirals were treated with ambivalence, but they regarded Phocion with tremendous fear.
(b) Other admirals were greeted with private boats and barges with streamers and garlands, but Phocion was treated as an enemy suspect.
(c) Islands were opened very freely to other admirals, but they feared Phocion's plundering ways.
(d) Other admirals were treated as an enemy suspect, but Phocion was greeted with private boats and barges with streamers and garlands.

5. Who does Plutarch report to be the master of Rome before Caesar came to power?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Cato.
(c) Sylla.
(d) Crassus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Plutarch, when did Phocion rise to power in Athens?

2. Who did Plutarch claim Agis had imprisoned and hanged?

3. Who was the Persian King that Plutarch reported Alexander defeated on his expedition to India?

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

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

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