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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 Plutarch explain the tyrrant, Nicocles, rose to power?
(a) He invaded Sicyon and destroyed the leaders there.
(b) He inherited the position from his father.
(c) He took power from the other two members of a triumvirate.
(d) He assassinated Paseas.

2. How does Plutarch claim that Demosthenes became the best orator of his time?
(a) By practicing long hours to develop a dramatic, persuasive style.
(b) He had a natural flare that came naturally.
(c) He was an avid reader and often quoted from the ancient masters.
(d) He was trained in rhetorical arts by Aristotle.

3. What does Plutarch report that Antony did after his first reaction the Assassination of Caesar?
(a) He delivered a speech that turned the Roman population against Brutus and Cassius.
(b) Organized a tribunal to judge the members of the conspiracy.
(c) Began a civil war to punish Brutus and Cassius.
(d) Joined Octavius and Lepidus in a triumvirate.

4. What is the difference Plutarch cites between the leaders that Dion and Brutus overthrew?
(a) Dion overthrew a king in his own castle, but Brutus overthrew a leader on the floor of the senate.
(b) Dion overthrew a king over a city, but Brutus overthrew the leader of a vast empire.
(c) Dion overthrew a popular king, but Brutus overthrew a despised tyrant.
(d) Dion overthrew an obvious tyrant, but there is no evidence that Caesar was a tyrant.

5. Based upon the intended audience of the profile on Aratus, what does Plutarch establish as his focus?
(a) His personal similarity to the nobility of Aratus.
(b) The influence that ancestral examples can have on developing the character of children.
(c) The gratitude of the decendants of Aratus.
(d) The desire of other public figures to conduct themselves like Aratus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What honor does Plutarch report this earned for Demetrius and Antigonus from the Athenians?

2. How does Plutarch compare the motivations of rebelling between Dion and Brutus?

3. How did Ochus come to succeed Artaxerxes, according to Plutarch?

4. How did Plutarch compare the deaths of "The Roman Brothers" to "The Spartans"?

5. Where did Demosthenes encourage Greeks to resist the rule of Philip and Alexander, according to Plutarch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference in the deaths of the Gracci and the Spartans?

4. How did Plutarch report that Demetrius fell in and out of favor with Athenians?

5. What difference does Plutarch recognize in the raising of the Gracchi Brothers (Tiberius and Caius) and The Spartans (Agis and Cleomenes)?

6. 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?

7. What important position does Plutarch report Atarus took with Achaea, a league of Greek cities?

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

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

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

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