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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 did the master of Rome prior to Caesar's reign make himself an enemy to Caesar, according to Plutarch?
(a) Cassius conspired with Brutus to remove Caesar from contention for power.
(b) Cato warned the Senate of the ambitions of Caesar.
(c) Crassus allied himself with Pompey in the Roman Senate to force Caesar into a triumvirate.
(d) Sylla wanted Caesar to put his wife away because her father, Cinna, was the ruler of Rome priort to Sylla.

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

3. Who did Phocion advise Alexander to make war against rather than the Athenians, according to Plutarch?
(a) The Persians.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Spartans.

4. Who joined Agis to turn back the laws that placed inherited land under control of a few wealthy families, according to Plutarch?
(a) Leonidas, son of Cleonymus.
(b) Agesilaus, his half brother.
(c) Lysander, the son of Libys and Madroclidas, the son of Ecphanes.
(d) Cleomenes, husband to Agiatis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Agesilaus take the throne from his brother, Agis, according to Plutarch?

2. What event led Philip to commission Aristotle to teach Alexander, according to Plutarch?

3. How did the separation of Alexander from Philip affect his reign over Philip's empire, according to Plutarch?

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

5. What came of Rome after Crassus died, according to Plutarch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were qualities of Alexander that Plutarch praised?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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