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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What came of Rome after Crassus died, according to Plutarch?
(a) It collapsed into a civil war between supporters of Caesar and Pompey.
(b) Pompey fled Rome out of fear of Caesar's desire to take total control.
(c) Caesar conspired to have Pompey assassinated.
(d) The Senate was split in its support for Caesar or Pompey.

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

3. Why does Plutarch suggest that Dion was banished from Syracuse by the supporters of Dionysisus' son, Dionysisus II?
(a) They feared the influence he was having against the Dionysius II use of tyrrany.
(b) They feared he would have them killed.
(c) They feared that he was plotting to take Dionysius II's throne.
(d) They feared that he would rise above them in power.

4. Who does Plutarch report ruled Rome in a Triumvirate while Cato served in the Senate?
(a) Tiberius, Cicero, and Caius.
(b) Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus.
(c) Sertorius, Brutus, and Cassius.
(d) Brutus, Octavius, and Antony.

5. What does Plutarch claim caused Caesar and Pompey to become rivals for power?
(a) The rivalry between Pompey's father and Caesar's family.
(b) Pompey's defeat to Sertorius in Spain.
(c) Pompey's alliance with Crassus.
(d) Crassus' death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Macedonian King from which Plutarch reported Demetrius and his father, Antigonus, freed Athens?

2. What five qualities does Plutarch claim that Sertorius possessed in greater qualities than the other generals to whom Plutarch compared him?

3. Who invaded Spartan provinces while Cleomenes was making reforms in Spartan government, according to Plutarch?

4. How did Plutarch explain the tyrrant, Nicocles, rose to power?

5. In the comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus (henceforth identified here as "The Roman Brothers") with Agis and Cleomenes ("The Spartans"), how does Plutarch refer to Tiberius and Caius as a unit?

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