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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Plutarch, why was the issue still alive for Tiberius in spite of previous efforts to address the issue?
(a) Cicero's sarcastic rhetorical style alienated more senators than it won over.
(b) Scipio could not overcome the political influence of senators who had sold their votes to wealthy landowners.
(c) Caius Laelius folded under political pressure from men of authority.
(d) Crassus' well known animosity for Caesar put his causes on the losing side in the senate.

2. With whom did Pompey make war that Plutarch reported eventually led to his death in Egypt?
(a) Pompey led a civil war against Caesar in an attempt to take Caesar's power.
(b) Pompey led a civil war against Sertorius to exert Roman control over Western Europe.
(c) Pompey led a civil war against Crassus to consolidate the power of the Triumvirate.
(d) Pompey led a civil war against Antony after the assassination of Caesar.

3. How did Plutarch compare Sertorius and Eumenes in their views of war?
(a) Both Eumenes hated the death of war, but loved the thrill of strategy.
(b) Both Eumenes and Sertorius loved war.
(c) Both Eumenes and Sertorius esteemed peace and tranquility.
(d) Eumenes naturally loved war, but Sertorius esteemed peace and tranquility.

4. Where did Plutarch suggest defeat became obvious to Otho?
(a) When he saw the ferociousness of the Germans.
(b) At the battle of Bedriacum.
(c) When the Germans kept the battle on the land and avoided the Praetorian Guard.
(d) When he realized that the Germans laid a siege in the lowlands that prevented supplies going to his soldiers.

5. What does Plutarch report that Antony did after his first reaction the Assassination of Caesar?
(a) He delivered a speech that turned the Roman population against Brutus and Cassius.
(b) Organized a tribunal to judge the members of the conspiracy.
(c) Began a civil war to punish Brutus and Cassius.
(d) Joined Octavius and Lepidus in a triumvirate.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Plutarch, how did Cleomenes become King of the Spartans?

2. What victory of Phocion over the Macedonians did Plutarch report as being that which earned the admiration of Philip, King of Macedon?

3. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?

4. Who does Plutarch report was to be successor to Artaxerxes throne?

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

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