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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Demosthenes, Cicero and The Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?
(a) Alexander broke a horse, Bucephalus, in front of his father and his attendants.
(b) Alexander began surpassing the courses taught him in the royal palace.
(c) Alexander began offering innovative strategies for battle to Philip's captains.
(d) Alexander showed greater intelligence when confronting foes in wrestling matches.

2. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference between the reasons that Demosthenes and Cicero fled from the authorities?
(a) Demosthenes flight for speaking truth to power was more noble that Cicero's flight out of fear because he had insulted a powerful general.
(b) The bribery accusation from which Demosthenes fled was less honorable than Cicero's flight for opposing Caesar's son's rule.
(c) Demosthenes fled because his rhetoric made him the enemies of the powerful, but Cicero left for the humiliation of insulting his superiors.
(d) The call to war that brought Athenians to despise Demosthenes was more admirable than Cicero's flight because he made enemies of powerful leaders.

3. In what sort of activity did Eumenes get the attention of Philip of Macedon, according to Plutarch?
(a) Delivering speeches in his school.
(b) Working as a servant in Philip's palace.
(c) Breaking horses at a stable.
(d) Youth matches in Cardia.

4. Who led a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Government that Plutarch reports Cicero exposed in the Senate?
(a) Cataline.
(b) Cassius.
(c) Darius.
(d) Brutus.

5. 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) That they were both ferocious in battle.
(c) They were both banished to foreign lands, but came to be commanders of powerful forces.
(d) That they both came from laboring families but worked up to the Noble class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Plutarch characterize Phocion's speech?

2. How does Plutarch claim the birth order of Agis and Agesilaus affected their lives?

3. Why did Plutarch consider Agesilaus a better general than Pompey?

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

5. With whom did Pompey ally himself to overcome the reputation of his father, and who did Plutarch report they oppose in a civil conflict for power over Rome?

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