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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. What did Plutarch report to be Phocion's view of war whenever he was brought into debates with other Greek leaders?
(a) His advice was always for peace and quietness.
(b) He always advocated drawing the enemy out into the open.
(c) He believe a man could have no greater virtue than the desire to face bloody combat.
(d) He thrilled in the adventure of defeating an enemy.

2. Who was the Persian King that Plutarch reported Alexander defeated on his expedition to India?
(a) Philip.
(b) Darius.
(c) Antipater.
(d) Hercules.

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

4. Why does Plutarch use the name, "Cato the Younger"?
(a) Because he had a half brother also named Cato.
(b) Because he was one of two Catos serving in the Roman Senate.
(c) Because he also wrote of the grandfather, who's name was also Cato.
(d) Because he was the youngest leader in Rome.

5. Who did Plutarch claim Agis had imprisoned and hanged?
(a) Lysander.
(b) Agesilaus.
(c) Leonidas.
(d) Leotychides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch claim caused Caesar and Pompey to become rivals for power?

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

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

4. How does Plutarch claim the birth order of Agis and Agesilaus affected their lives?

5. Who did Phocion advise Alexander to make war against rather than the Athenians, according to Plutarch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Plutarch explain Lysander's misinterpretation of the prophesy regarding the successor to Agis?

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

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

4. What did Plutarch determine to be the difference in how Agesilaus and Pompey came to power?

5. 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?

6. How did Plutarch report the death of Cato?

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

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

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

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

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