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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the four being compared does Plutarch report had no great action worthy of a commander?
(a) Cleomenes.
(b) Tiberius.
(c) Agis.
(d) Caius.

2. Who did wealthy land owners influence from the Senate to oppose Tiberius' efforts at land reform, according to Plutarch?
(a) Marcus Octavius, who was considered to be a friend of Tiberius.
(b) Marcus Brutus, who opposed Caesars attempts to spread the wealth from captured cities.
(c) Caius Mancinus, who was a consul of bad reputation.
(d) Octavius Caesar, who was son of Caesar.

3. What does Plutarch record that Antony did in response to Brutus' and Cassius' assassination of Caesar?
(a) Started an immediate pursuit to execute them for their crimes.
(b) Joined their alliance so he could become part of the Roman power structure.
(c) Used the vacancy created by Caesar's death to attempt to fill a power vacuum.
(d) Recommend them as governors for Roman provinces.

4. 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 imposed an edict preventing all magistrates from performing their functions until the law was passed.
(c) He influenced the praetorian guard to enforce the law in spite of it not passing the senate.
(d) He incited the homeless soldiers to storm the senate and forse it to support the law.

5. What quote from Plato does Plutarch use to begin a criticism in his profiles of Demetrius and Antony?
(a) "Great natures produce great vices as well as virtues."
(b) "Whence it was that, men say, Simonides called Sparta "the tamer of men," because by early strictness of education, they became wise."
(c) It is not great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur."
(d) "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the famous Roman General that Plutarch claims Sertorius outwitted during his exile in Spain?

2. What did Plutarch report to be Agesilaus' physical deformity?

3. What affect does Plutarch claim Aratus' education and his father's death have on Aratus?

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

5. How did Plutarch compare Agesilaus and Pompey in their treatment of the men who supported their rise to power?

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