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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 is a major difference between Sertorius and Eumenes that Plutarch recognized?
(a) Sertorius was well read, but Eumenes was illiterate.
(b) Sertorius' soldiers yielded to him freely, whereas Eumenes won a contested office by proving his superiority.
(c) That Sertorius was a learned captain, but Eumenes gained all of his knowledge from battle.
(d) That Sertorious had the support of the government, but Eumenes was in rebellion against the government.

2. Who did Plutarch claim Agis had imprisoned and hanged?
(a) Agesilaus.
(b) Leotychides.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Leonidas.

3. 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) Epitadeus.
(b) Leotychides.
(c) Leonidas.
(d) Lysander.

4. After the death of Tiberius, what did Plutarch report to be the first office to which his brother, Caius was elected?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Consul.
(c) Quaestor.
(d) Senator.

5. Who does Plutarch report ruled Rome in a Triumvirate while Cato served in the Senate?
(a) Sertorius, Brutus, and Cassius.
(b) Tiberius, Cicero, and Caius.
(c) Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus.
(d) Brutus, Octavius, and Antony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Plutarch claim Philip believed that Alexander was a demi-god?

2. What did Plutarch report as the difference in the affects on the homelands of "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?

3. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?

4. What battle against Macedon, according to Plutarch, that Phocion warned against taking that the Athenians lost under a different general?

5. How did Agesilaus take the throne from his brother, Agis, according to Plutarch?

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