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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. With whom does Plutarch report that Cicero joined in a conspiracy with against the son of Caesar?
(a) Cataline and Darius.
(b) Antony and Lepidus.
(c) Brutus and Cassius.
(d) Pompey and Crassus.

2. How did Tiberius finally push his land reform law through the Senate, according to Plutarch?
(a) He imposed an edict preventing all magistrates from performing their functions until the law was passed.
(b) He influenced the praetorian guard to enforce the law in spite of it not passing the senate.
(c) He used his rhetorical skills to influence the senate to support his land reform law.
(d) He incited the homeless soldiers to storm the senate and forse it to support the law.

3. What does Plutarch report to be the joke that Neoptoleumus, captain of Alexander's lifeguard, told of Eumenes?
(a) That Alexander fought with soldiers, but Eumenes fought with words.
(b) That other armies train with swords, but Ememes' army trains with parchment.
(c) That Eumemes' battles were always fiercer on paper than they were in the field.
(d) That he had followed Alexander with shield and spear, but Eumenes only with pen and paper.

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

5. 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 Antony after the assassination of Caesar.
(c) Pompey led a civil war against Crassus to consolidate the power of the Triumvirate.
(d) Pompey led a civil war against Sertorius to exert Roman control over Western Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Roman political leader does Plutarch claim was a friend to Cato's family?

2. What did Plutarch report of Phocion's temperament?

3. What does Plutarch identify as the difference in the characters between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?

4. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?

5. Plutarch compares Sertorius to Philip, Antigonus, and Hannibal for his aggression, strategy, and what one other commonality?

(see the answer key)

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