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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Galba and Otho.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?
(a) Aratus of Sycion.
(b) King Ptolemy of Egypt.
(c) Phocion of Greece.
(d) Artaxerxes of Persia.

2. What does Plutarch claim Caesar said when he heard of Cato's suicide?
(a) "I come not to bury Cato, but to praise him."
(b) "You're a greater man than I, Cato."
(c) "My greatest enemy has been vanquished and now I can rule supreme."
(d) "Cato, I grudge your death, as you have grudged me the preservation of your life."

3. What Roman political leader does Plutarch claim was a friend to Cato's family?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Sertorius.
(c) Sylla.
(d) Pompey.

4. What was a personal reason that Plutarch reported Otho gave for wanting to end the war?
(a) "It is better to jaw, jaw, jaw, than to war, war, war."
(b) "The stench of death has become a flame to my conscience."
(c) "I can die with more honor than I can reign."
(d) "War has wrecked my country and my family."

5. How did Tiberius finally push his land reform law through the Senate, according to Plutarch?
(a) He used his rhetorical skills to influence the senate to support his land reform law.
(b) He incited the homeless soldiers to storm the senate and forse it to support the law.
(c) He influenced the praetorian guard to enforce the law in spite of it not passing the senate.
(d) He imposed an edict preventing all magistrates from performing their functions until the law was passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch claim Caesar chose to do while Sylla's power reached its peak?

2. What does Plutarch report to be the result of Galba's effort to name a successor?

3. According to Plutarch, what was the difference in political support between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?

4. Who did Plutarch report to be the father of Agis and Agesilaus?

5. What honor does Plutarch report this earned for Demetrius and Antigonus from the Athenians?

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