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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. How did Plutarch claim Artaxerxes avoided a war with the Spartans?

2. Why did Plutarch claim that Tiberius was beaten to death on the Senate Floor?

3. According to Plutarch, what was the purpose of the Greek alliances that Aratus helped to form?

4. Who led a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Government that Plutarch reports Cicero exposed in the Senate?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Antony inspire a revolt against the assassins of Caesar, according to Plutarch?

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

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

7. What steps did Plutarch describe that gave Tiberius the ability to pass his land reform laws?

8. According to Plutarch, why did Atarus leave Sicyon to grow up and get educated in Argos?

9. How does Plutarch claim that Demosthenes become the best orator of his time?

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

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

Cleomenes fled to Ptolemy and was protected, but Pompey fled to Ptolemy and was given up to be murdered. Compare and contrast the two situations for which Cleomenes and Pompey fled to Ptolemy and give reasons why Ptolemy would protect Cleomenes but betray Pompey.

Essay Topic 3

Aratus gained tremendous political acclaim by driving the tyrant Nicocles from his palace. Detail the steps that Aratus took to return to Sicyon and get in the position to remove Nicocles from power. How did he build upon that reputation to unite the cities of Greece into a defensive league.

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