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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 did Brutus join in the successful assassination attempt against Caesar, according to Plutarch?
(a) Antony.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Crassus.

2. After the death of Tiberius, what did Plutarch report to be the first office to which his brother, Caius was elected?
(a) Senator.
(b) Consul.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Quaestor.

3. What honor does Plutarch report this earned for Demetrius and Antigonus from the Athenians?
(a) They were named among the Athenian dieties.
(b) They were given powerful positions in the Athenian Assembly.
(c) They were awarded with vineyards and gold.
(d) They were given a palace.

4. Who did Plutarch identify as being responsible for opposing and turning back the legal and land reforms that were won by Caius as tribune?
(a) Octavius.
(b) Antony.
(c) Opimius.
(d) Caius Laelius.

5. How does Plutarch report that Demosthenes and Cicero showed the differences in their personalities through their speeches?
(a) Demosthenes loved to just and make fun of his opponents, but Cicero was serious and eloquent.
(b) Demosthenes was trivial and lighthearted, but Cicero was somber and deliberate.
(c) Demosthenes was somber and deliberte, but Cicero was trivial and lighthearted.
(d) Demosthenes was serious and eloquent, but Cicero loved to jest and make fun of his opponents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Plutarch characterize the differences in the changes in government "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans" sought to achieve?

2. What does Plutarch claim Demosthenes did with his suicide?

3. How was the Artaxerxes from Plutarch's "Lives" related to the first Artaxerxes to rule over Persia?

4. After Dion drove Donysius II from Syracuse, what does Plutarch claim came of his attempt to form a government?

5. How did Tiberius finally push his land reform law through the Senate, according to Plutarch?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Plutarch, how did Tiberius' death affect Caius' entry into Roman politics?

2. How did Artaxerxes become King of Persia, according to Plutarch?

3. What did Plutarch identify as the marks of Cicero's oratory style?

4. How did Plutarch describe the defeat of Brutus after the death of Caesar?

5. What does Plutarch claim was the result of Opimius undoing the land reforms that Caius enacted?

6. What did Plutarch consider to be the difference between the several wives that Demetrius took as opposed to Antony taking up with Cleopatra?

7. Why does Plutarch claim that Dion was banished from the court of young Dionysius?

8. How did Ochus put himself in line to inherit Artaxerxes throne according to Plutarch?

9. What does Plutarch claim Atarus did to free Sicyon from the tyrant Nicocles?

10. What is a primary difference that can be inferred between the ancient Spartan civilization and the ancient Roman Empire from Plutarch's comparison between the Gracchi and the Spartans?

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