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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. Which one of the four being compared does Plutarch report had no great action worthy of a commander?
(a) Agis.
(b) Tiberius.
(c) Caius.
(d) Cleomenes.

2. According to Plutarch, for what was Cicero's rhetoric noted?
(a) Sharp wit, constant joking, and sarcastic remarks.
(b) Planned and methodical logic.
(c) Somber and serious focus.
(d) Fiery emotion and revolutionary appeal.

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

4. According to Plutarch, when did Phocion rise to power in Athens?
(a) After the death of Eumenes.
(b) As Greece was recovering from war with the Macedonians.
(c) As the ship of state in Athens was sinking.
(d) After Alexander had decided to invade Persia.

5. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?
(a) Pompey pledged his loyalty to Sylla.
(b) Pompey proved his father was in Spain governing the Roman province when the money had disappeared.
(c) Pompey traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.
(d) Pompey set us his own slave as having stolen the funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alexander when Plutarch claims he took the Macedonian throne after Philip's death?

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

3. With whom did Pompey make war that Plutarch reported eventually led to his death in Egypt?

4. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?

5. What does Plutarch report to be Phocion's retort when Athens began to celebrate the death of Philip of Macedon?

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