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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most notable sign that Plutarch suggests that proves Caesar had begun to win popular support to challenge Sylla?
(a) When he challenged Sylla's hold on power directly in the Senate.
(b) When he praised an enemy of Sylla's, named Marius, during the eulogy of Marius' wife.
(c) When he allied himself with Sylla's enemies in the Senate.
(d) When he took possession of a field owned by Sylla.

2. How old does Plutarch claim Alexander to have been when Philip left him in charge of Macedon while he went on an expedition against Byzantine?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

3. Who joined Agis to turn back the laws that placed inherited land under control of a few wealthy families, according to Plutarch?
(a) Lysander, the son of Libys and Madroclidas, the son of Ecphanes.
(b) Agesilaus, his half brother.
(c) Cleomenes, husband to Agiatis.
(d) Leonidas, son of Cleonymus.

4. What does Plutarch claim Caesar chose to do while Sylla's power reached its peak?
(a) He contended with Caesar's power in the Senate.
(b) He gathered forces to challenge Sylla with a civil war.
(c) He left Rome in exile.
(d) He joined a conspiracy with Brutus and Cassius to assassinate Sylla.

5. In what sort of family does Plutarch claim Eumenes was raised?
(a) A poor laboring family.
(b) A ruling class family.
(c) A military family
(d) A noble family.

6. In what sort of activity did Eumenes get the attention of Philip of Macedon, according to Plutarch?
(a) Youth matches in Cardia.
(b) Delivering speeches in his school.
(c) Working as a servant in Philip's palace.
(d) Breaking horses at a stable.

7. Plutarch compares Sertorius to Philip, Antigonus, and Hannibal for his aggression, strategy, and what one other commonality?
(a) They each came from common families.
(b) They each lost a hand in battle.
(c) They each had one eye.
(d) They each had a short leg.

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

9. How was Pompey acquitted of embezzlement that Plutarch reported was accused against his father after he died?
(a) Pompey set us his own slave as having stolen the funds.
(b) Pompey traced the thefts to a freed slave of his father's, named Alexander.
(c) Pompey pledged his loyalty to Sylla.
(d) Pompey proved his father was in Spain governing the Roman province when the money had disappeared.

10. With whom does Plutarch report Agis ruled over the Lacedaemonians?
(a) Cleomenes, husband to Agiatis.
(b) Lysander, a Spartan General.
(c) Leonidas, son of Cleonymus.
(d) Agesilaus, his half brother.

11. What does Plutarch report to be the joke that Neoptoleumus, captain of Alexander's lifeguard, told of Eumenes?
(a) That other armies train with swords, but Ememes' army trains with parchment.
(b) That Alexander fought with soldiers, but Eumenes fought with words.
(c) That he had followed Alexander with shield and spear, but Eumenes only with pen and paper.
(d) That Eumemes' battles were always fiercer on paper than they were in the field.

12. 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.

13. What question, according to Plutarch, did Cato ask his guardian, Sarpedon, as he watched executions that were ordered by the Roman political leader?
(a) "Why does nobody kill this man?"
(b) "What leader would cause this horror?"
(c) "Is this the only justice for these criminals?"
(d) "What law brings this type of justice?"

14. What does Plutarch report to be the condition of Lacedaemonia when Agis and his partner began their reign?
(a) Lacedaemonia had risen to become the most powerful of Spartan cities.
(b) Lacedaemonia had become little more than a crossroad for commerce to more industrious cities.
(c) It was taken by avarice, a base spirit, luxury, effeminacy and had fallen from her former virtue and repute.
(d) It was beaten down by wars with citizens who had lost hope of recovery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Plutarch claim Agis had imprisoned and hanged?

2. What is a major difference between Sertorius and Eumenes that Plutarch recognized?

3. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?

4. What does Plutarch declare to be the condition of men in public life?

5. How did the separation of Alexander from Philip affect his reign over Philip's empire, according to Plutarch?

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