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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 was the Macedonian King from which Plutarch reported Demetrius and his father, Antigonus, freed Athens?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Cassander.
(c) Antipater.
(d) Philip.

2. What did Plutarch claim was the final indication that Pompey had fallen out of Sylla's favor?
(a) Sylla attempted to have Pompey imprisoned.
(b) Sylla defeated Pompey in battle as he was returning from conquests in Europe.
(c) Sylla did not include Pompey in his will.
(d) Sylla dispatched Pompey to Spain to quell rebellions.

3. How did Alexander show favor to Eumenes, according to Plutarch?
(a) By allowing Eumenes to train the royal horses.
(b) By employing Eumenes in the palace.
(c) By making Eumenes his spear carrier.
(d) By arranging Eumenes' marriage to the sister of his wife.

4. How does Plutarch claim the birth order of Agis and Agesilaus affected their lives?
(a) Agis, the older, was educated to be king, and Agesilaus was given a common education.
(b) Agis, the older, was trained in military matters, but Agesilaus was trained in agricultural arts.
(c) Agis, the older, was given the inheritance of the king, but Agesilaus was given the authority over a province.
(d) Agis, the older, was the favorite of the father, but Agesilaus was the favorite of their mother.

5. To whose death did Plutarch compare the death of Phocion?
(a) To Cato's.
(b) To Caesar's.
(c) Aristotle's.
(d) To Sertorius'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch report to be the joke that Neoptoleumus, captain of Alexander's lifeguard, told of Eumenes?

2. According to Plutarch, why was the issue still alive for Tiberius in spite of previous efforts to address the issue?

3. What political difference does Plutarch recognize between "The Spartans"?

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

5. Which of the four being compared does Plutarch accuse of committing the crime of deposing a fellow elected official?

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