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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. How did Plutarch report that Cato prevented the Roman Senate from naming Caesar the Consul of Rome?
(a) He kept the motion to make Caesar consul in the committee.
(b) He spent the entire day speaking and prevented the Senate from acting on the motion.
(c) He used his authority to adjust the calendar of the senate.
(d) He used his authority to prevent senators from entering the senate.

2. According to Plutarch, who authored laws in Lacedaemonia that caused land that was once subject to inheritance within families to be taken into a few wealthy hands?
(a) Leonidas.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Epitadeus.
(d) Leotychides.

3. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Oratory.
(c) Grammar.
(d) History.

4. With whom did Pompey make war that Plutarch reported eventually led to his death in Egypt?
(a) Pompey led a civil war against Caesar in an attempt to take Caesar's power.
(b) Pompey led a civil war against Crassus to consolidate the power of the Triumvirate.
(c) Pompey led a civil war against Antony after the assassination of Caesar.
(d) Pompey led a civil war against Sertorius to exert Roman control over Western Europe.

5. According to Plutarch, what eventually led to Alexander and his mother, Olympia, separating from Philip to become his rivals?
(a) Philip's many marriages.
(b) Philip's humiliating defeat against the Spartans.
(c) Philip's drunken display at the wedding of one of his nieces.
(d) Philip's squandering the family wealth on horses and soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Plutarch claim to be the differences in motivation between Demosthenes and Cicero?

2. How did Plutarch compare Sertorius and Eumenes in their views of war?

3. Why does Plutarch use the name, "Cato the Younger"?

4. After his return from Spain, with whom does Plutarch claim Caesar took power over Rome in the Triumvirate?

5. What quote from Plato does Plutarch use to begin a criticism in his profiles of Demetrius and Antony?

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