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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dion, Marcus Brutus and The Comparison of Dion and Brutus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most notable sign that Plutarch suggests that proves Caesar had begun to win popular support to challenge Sylla?
(a) When he challenged Sylla's hold on power directly in the Senate.
(b) When he took possession of a field owned by Sylla.
(c) When he praised an enemy of Sylla's, named Marius, during the eulogy of Marius' wife.
(d) When he allied himself with Sylla's enemies in the Senate.

2. What did Plutarch claim that Caius had to overcome before he was elected to tribune?
(a) His fear that the animosity for his brother still existed.
(b) False charges that he had been defiant to his authorities as a quaestor, that he had excited insurrections among allies, and had been involved in conspiracies.
(c) The hold that landowners had over the senate.
(d) The unwillingness of the senate to release lands that were under its authority.

3. How does Plutarch explain public anger both Dion and Brutus received for their stands against Dionysius II and Caesar respectively?
(a) The public was angry at Dion for leaving Syracuse after he overthrew Dionysius II, but it was angry at Brutus for not staying in Rome.
(b) The public was angry at Dion for having allowed Dionysius II to escape, but the public was angry with Brutus for killing a popular leader.
(c) The public was angry at Dion for trying to take Dionysius II's throne, but it was angry at Brutus for turning away from the vacant throne.
(d) The public was angry at Dion for opposing an effective leader, but it was angry at Brutus for not having a trial on Caesar's crimes.

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) Caius Laelius.
(c) Antony.
(d) Opimius.

5. After his return from Spain, with whom does Plutarch claim Caesar took power over Rome in the Triumvirate?
(a) Crassus and Pompey.
(b) Sylla and Nero.
(c) Antony and Octavius.
(d) Brutus and Cassius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference in the military achievements between Dion and Brutus?

2. According to Plutarch, why was the issue still alive for Tiberius in spite of previous efforts to address the issue?

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

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

5. What was Caesar's first step, according to Plutarch, when he was informed of Sylla's power being in decline?

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