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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. How far to the East did Plutarch claim Alexander spread his empire?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Persia.
(c) Turkey.
(d) India.

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) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

3. What does Plutarch claim Aristotle provided that he considered, "...a perfect portable treasure of all military virtue and knowledge...."?
(a) Aristotle's maps of important sites in Persia.
(b) Aristotle's writings regarding the proper training and preparation of soldiers.
(c) Aristotle's personally corrected copy of Homer's Illiads.
(d) Aristotle's collection of military histories.

4. What battle against Macedon, according to Plutarch, that Phocion warned against taking that the Athenians lost under a different general?
(a) The battle of Delphi.
(b) The battle at Chaeronea.
(c) The battle of Persia.
(d) The battle for Euboea.

5. To whose death did Plutarch compare the death of Phocion?
(a) Aristotle's.
(b) To Sertorius'.
(c) To Caesar's.
(d) To Cato's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Persian King that Plutarch reported Alexander defeated on his expedition to India?

2. Who does Plutarch report to be the master of Rome before Caesar came to power?

3. With whom does Plutarch report Agis ruled over the Lacedaemonians?

4. With whom did Pompey ally himself to overcome the reputation of his father, and who did Plutarch report they oppose in a civil conflict for power over Rome?

5. What did Plutarch report to be the result of Cato's management of the exchequer?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what occasion does Plutarch report Cato asked why his preceptor would not give him a sword to kill Sylla while he was being trained in Sylla's palace?

2. What were qualities of Alexander that Plutarch praised?

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

4. How does Plutarch report that Caesar was assassinated?

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

6. What does Plutarch note about the difference between Phocion's public disagreements in the Athenian assembly and how he spoke in general conversation?

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

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

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

10. Plutarch reports that Phocion had a continuously frowning look, what is a summary of Phocions quote to Chare when he remarked on his countenance?

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