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

2. What was a political hurdle that Plutarch claimed Pompey had to overcome?
(a) He was a rival to Caesar.
(b) He was a rival to Crassus.
(c) His father, Strabo, was so reviled by the Romans that they desecrated his body after his death.
(d) Pompey was not respected after he lost battles in Spain.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Caesar's first step, according to Plutarch, when he was informed of Sylla's power being in decline?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of commander did Plutarch consider Sertorius to be, and where did he fight and defeat Pompey?

4. What does Plutarch claim Cleomenes did to prevent the political turmoil that overtook Agis?

5. Why did Ptolemy's son, according to Plutarch, place Cleomenes under house arrest while he was in exile in Egypt?

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

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

9. How did Plutarch detail Caesar's plan to become Consul of Rome by helping Pompey?

10. What does Plutarch report came of the Athens military when the Athenian Assembly went against Phocion's recommendations not to enter a war with Philip of Macedon?

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