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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dion, Marcus Brutus and The Comparison of Dion and Brutus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Plutarch report Caesar lost his position as Dictator?
(a) An insurrection by soldiers stationed in Germany.
(b) The Roman Senate voted to exile Caesar for his many wars.
(c) He was assassinated by a conspiracy led by Cassius and Marcus Brutus.
(d) He was challenged to war by Ptolemy, which Caesar lost.

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

3. With whom does Plutarch report Agis ruled over the Lacedaemonians?
(a) Agesilaus, his half brother.
(b) Lysander, a Spartan General.
(c) Cleomenes, husband to Agiatis.
(d) Leonidas, son of Cleonymus.

4. Who did Plutarch identify as the Senator that Brutus opposed, but joined in a civil war against Caesar?
(a) Crassus.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Sertorius.
(d) Cassius.

5. What battle against Macedon, according to Plutarch, that Phocion warned against taking that the Athenians lost under a different general?
(a) The battle at Chaeronea.
(b) The battle of Delphi.
(c) The battle of Persia.
(d) The battle for Euboea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first difference that Plutarch found between Demetrius and Antony?

2. What are the character qualities Plutarch attributes to Cato from infancy?

3. How far to the East did Plutarch claim Alexander spread his empire?

4. What is the first similarity that Plutarch recognized between Sertorius and Eumenes?

5. How did Plutarch describe Cleomenes' personality?

(see the answer key)

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