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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Galba and Otho.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Alexander when Plutarch claims he took the Macedonian throne after Philip's death?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.
2. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?
(a) Phocion of Greece.
(b) Artaxerxes of Persia.
(c) King Ptolemy of Egypt.
(d) Aratus of Sycion.
3. How did Ochus come to succeed Artaxerxes, according to Plutarch?
(a) He was the favorite of his mother.
(b) He avoided war, but his brothers died in war.
(c) He bribed his father.
(d) He murdered his brother Arsames and drove his other brother Ariaspes to suicide.
4. According to Plutarch, when did Phocion rise to power in Athens?
(a) As the ship of state in Athens was sinking.
(b) After the death of Eumenes.
(c) After Alexander had decided to invade Persia.
(d) As Greece was recovering from war with the Macedonians.
5. What quote from Plato does Plutarch use to begin a criticism in his profiles of Demetrius and Antony?
(a) "Whence it was that, men say, Simonides called Sparta "the tamer of men," because by early strictness of education, they became wise."
(b) It is not great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur."
(c) "Great natures produce great vices as well as virtues."
(d) "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Plutarch identify as the father of Aratus?
2. What tyrannical Syracusan King does Plutarch report Dion served as he became wealthy?
3. What did Plutarch report Darius did to prevent his ascension to Artaxerxes' throne?
4. With whom did Pompey make war that Plutarch reported eventually led to his death in Egypt?
5. Who did wealthy land owners influence from the Senate to oppose Tiberius' efforts at land reform, according to Plutarch?
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