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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. Who did Phocion advise Alexander to make war against rather than the Athenians, according to Plutarch?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The Persians.
(d) The Romans.

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

3. 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) Senator.
(d) Quaestor.

4. 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 other armies train with swords, but Ememes' army trains with parchment.
(c) That he had followed Alexander with shield and spear, but Eumenes only with pen and paper.
(d) That Alexander fought with soldiers, but Eumenes fought with words.

5. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?
(a) Alexander broke a horse, Bucephalus, in front of his father and his attendants.
(b) Alexander began surpassing the courses taught him in the royal palace.
(c) Alexander showed greater intelligence when confronting foes in wrestling matches.
(d) Alexander began offering innovative strategies for battle to Philip's captains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch claim Demosthenes did with his suicide?

2. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?

3. What does Plutarch record that Antony did in response to Brutus' and Cassius' assassination of Caesar?

4. What did Plutarch identify as the primary difference between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?

5. Who did Plutarch report to be the first Roman official to try to take up the issue that confronted Tiberius after his election as tribune?

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