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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What preceded Caesar's election by the Senate to Dictator, according to Plutarch?
2. To whose death did Plutarch compare the death of Phocion?
3. What does Plutarch claim Aristotle provided that he considered, "...a perfect portable treasure of all military virtue and knowledge...."?
4. What question, according to Plutarch, did Cato ask his guardian, Sarpedon, as he watched executions that were ordered by the Roman political leader?
5. Who did Plutarch claim Agis had imprisoned and hanged?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Plutarch report Caesar traveled to for conquests after he was elected as part of the Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus?
2. 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?
3. Plutarch reports that Phocion had a continuously frowning look, what is a summary of Phocions quote to Chare when he remarked on his countenance?
4. How did Plutarch detail Caesar's plan to become Consul of Rome by helping Pompey?
5. What was the primary objective of Agis as King of the Spartans according to Plutarch?
6. How did Plutarch report the death of Cato?
7. What did Plutarch identify as the myth regarding Alexander's lineage that Plutarch suggested his mother, Olympus, might have spread?
8. How did Plutarch explain Lysander's misinterpretation of the prophesy regarding the successor to Agis?
9. What did Plutarch determine to be the difference in how Agesilaus and Pompey came to power?
10. How does Plutarch claim Athenians responded when they falsely accused Phocion of treason and killed him after a mock trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Caesar spared Brutus despite his alliance with Pompey in the civil war between Pompey and Caesar. What made Brutus important enough to spare and what does it say of Brutus that he participated in the assassination of Caesar after Caesar spared him. Explain your answers with support from Plutarch's "Lives" from both the chapters on Brutus and Caesar.
Essay Topic 2
Plutarch was born a Greek, and as an adult became a Roman Citizen. He wrote during the First Century, A.D., while the Roman Empire was still in its ascendancy. Give details of how Plutarch's background and citizenship influenced his choice of historical figures for which to write biographies, the events he chose to cover, and how he characterized the cities and citizens that were affected by these figures.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the rhetorical styles of Demosthenes and Cicero. Use quotes from Plutarch's lives to make your illustrations. In the comparison identify the affects that each speaker had on his audiences, legislative bodies, and on the support or opposition of people in powerful positions.
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