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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 Agesilaus' physical deformity?
(a) He was blind.
(b) He had one leg shorter than the other.
(c) He had a lame hand.
(d) He had only one eye.

2. How did Agesilaus take the throne from his brother, Agis, according to Plutarch?
(a) Agesilaus poisoned Agis.
(b) Lysander, a popular general, applied a misinterpretation of a prophesy against the rumored illegitimate son of Agis.
(c) Agesilaus defeated Agis in a duel.
(d) Agesilaus hired conspirators to murder Agis.

3. What does Plutarch report to be the condition of Lacedaemonia when Agis and his partner began their reign?
(a) It was beaten down by wars with citizens who had lost hope of recovery.
(b) Lacedaemonia had become little more than a crossroad for commerce to more industrious cities.
(c) It was taken by avarice, a base spirit, luxury, effeminacy and had fallen from her former virtue and repute.
(d) Lacedaemonia had risen to become the most powerful of Spartan cities.

4. Who does Plutarch report to be the master of Rome before Caesar came to power?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Sylla.
(c) Cato.
(d) Crassus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There were 12 Roman Caesar's. Which one is Plutarch chronicling?

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

3. How did the master of Rome prior to Caesar's reign make himself an enemy to Caesar, according to Plutarch?

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

5. Who does Plutarch report protected Cleomenes while he was in exile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Plutarch, why did Cato fall into disfavor with Caesar?

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

5. How does Plutarch report that Caesar was assassinated?

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

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

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

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

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