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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 five qualities does Plutarch claim that Sertorius possessed in greater qualities than the other generals to whom Plutarch compared him?
(a) Bravery, wisdom, frugality, humility, and foresightedness.
(b) Nobility, mercy honesty, faithfulness, and humility.
(c) Ferocity, integrity, honesty, nobility, and courage.
(d) Contentment, faithfulness, mercy, prudence and judgment.

2. What was the most notable sign that Plutarch suggests that proves Caesar had begun to win popular support to challenge Sylla?
(a) When he allied himself with Sylla's enemies in the Senate.
(b) When he took possession of a field owned by Sylla.
(c) When he challenged Sylla's hold on power directly in the Senate.
(d) When he praised an enemy of Sylla's, named Marius, during the eulogy of Marius' wife.

3. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?
(a) Octavious Caesar.
(b) Tiberius Caesar.
(c) The first Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar.
(d) Caesar Augustus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What preceded Caesar's election by the Senate to Dictator, according to Plutarch?

4. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?

5. Why does Plutarch suggest that Cleomenes eliminated the office of ephors from Spartan Government?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does Plutarch claim that Cato the Younger possessed an inflexible temperament?

2. What was the primary objective of Agis as King of the Spartans according to Plutarch?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does Plutarch report that Caesar was assassinated?

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

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