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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Plutarch suggest that Cleomenes eliminated the office of ephors from Spartan Government?
(a) Because the ephors were a barrier to his desire to battle the Greeks.
(b) Because the ephors were inciting the public to overthrow him.
(c) Because he discovered he was king in name only and that the ephors had all the power.
(d) Because he discovered the ephors were stealing from the public coffers.

2. Who did Plutarch report to be the father of Agis and Agesilaus?
(a) Duris the historian.
(b) Archidamus, king of the Lacedaemonians.
(c) Zeuxidamus, King of the Lacedaemonians.
(d) Alcibiades.

3. How did Alexander show favor to Eumenes, according to Plutarch?
(a) By allowing Eumenes to train the royal horses.
(b) By employing Eumenes in the palace.
(c) By arranging Eumenes' marriage to the sister of his wife.
(d) By making Eumenes his spear carrier.

4. In what hearing before the Senate did Cato first confront Caesar, according to Plutarch?
(a) The hearing for distributing land to homeless soldiers.
(b) The hearing to determine the fate of Lentulus and Cethegus who were discovered by Cicero to be conspiring to overthrow the Empire.
(c) The hearing of the conspirators with Cataline.
(d) The hearing during which Crassus and Pompey were announced in the Triumvirate with Caesar.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?

3. What is the first similarity that Plutarch recognized between Sertorius and Eumenes?

4. How did Plutarch characterize Phocion's speech?

5. How did Plutarch claim Agis and Cleomenes incurred the hatred of the rich and powerful?

Short Essay Questions

1. What skill did Plutarch claim Caesar used to start building political influence in the Senate?

2. How does Plutarch explain Agis' objectives affected the politics of Sparta?

3. According to Plutarch, why did Cato fall into disfavor with Caesar?

4. Why did Plutarch consider Agesilaus a better general than Pompey?

5. How does Plutarch describe Alexander impressing his father by taming a horse?

6. Why does Plutarch claim Caesar left Rome while he was a young man?

7. What did Plutarch identify as the myth regarding Alexander's lineage that Plutarch suggested his mother, Olympus, might have spread?

8. What does Plutarch identify as the cause of Alexander turning against his father, Philip?

9. How did Plutarch claim Eumenes caught the attention of Philip?

10. Where does Plutarch report Caesar traveled to for conquests after he was elected as part of the Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus?

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