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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. Who were they, and what were the nationalities of Alexander's parents, according to Plutarch?
(a) Philip of Macedon, and Olympia of Greece.
(b) Philip of Greece, and Potidaea of Rome.
(c) Eumens of Sparta, and Cleopatra of Persia.
(d) Attalus of Macedon and Olympia of Greece.

2. How did Plutarch report Caesar lost his position as Dictator?
(a) The Roman Senate voted to exile Caesar for his many wars.
(b) He was challenged to war by Ptolemy, which Caesar lost.
(c) He was assassinated by a conspiracy led by Cassius and Marcus Brutus.
(d) An insurrection by soldiers stationed in Germany.

3. What are the character qualities Plutarch attributes to Cato from infancy?
(a) He showed great sensitivity to women and plebes.
(b) He had an inflexible temper, resolute in purpose, and not easily provoked to anger.
(c) He had an influential rhetorical style that easily impressed audiences.
(d) He had an uncommon ability to retain knowledge.

4. 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 beaten down by wars with citizens who had lost hope of recovery.
(d) It was taken by avarice, a base spirit, luxury, effeminacy and had fallen from her former virtue and repute.

5. From whom did Phocion learn of the military during his youth, according to Plutarch?
(a) Philip, the Macedonian.
(b) Sertorius, the Roman.
(c) Chabrias, the General.
(d) Eumenes, the Spartan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Plutarch report to be Agesilaus' physical deformity?

3. How did the master of Rome prior to Caesar's reign make himself an enemy to Caesar, according to Plutarch?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Plutarch claim Athenians responded when they falsely accused Phocion of treason and killed him after a mock trial?

2. How does Plutarch report that Caesar was assassinated?

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

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

5. What were qualities of Alexander that Plutarch praised?

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

7. What did Plutarch identify as the difference between Eumenes and Sertorius in their approach to war?

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

9. What are the similarities that Plutarch found between Sertorius and Eumenes?

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

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