1. How did the master of Rome prior to Caesar's reign make himself an enemy to Caesar, according to Plutarch?
(a) Cassius conspired with Brutus to remove Caesar from contention for power.
(b) Crassus allied himself with Pompey in the Roman Senate to force Caesar into a triumvirate.
(c) Cato warned the Senate of the ambitions of Caesar.
(d) Sylla wanted Caesar to put his wife away because her father, Cinna, was the ruler of Rome priort to Sylla.

2. According to Plutarch, what eventually led to Alexander and his mother, Olympia, separating from Philip to become his rivals?
(a) Philip's drunken display at the wedding of one of his nieces.
(b) Philip's squandering the family wealth on horses and soldiers.
(c) Philip's many marriages.
(d) Philip's humiliating defeat against the Spartans.

3. How did the separation of Alexander from Philip affect his reign over Philip's empire, according to Plutarch?
(a) Alexander rejected all of Philip's military tactics and found new generals.
(b) Alexander purged his government of all officials that were named by his father.
(c) Alexander moved the capital of Macedon to Athens.
(d) Alexander chose to spread Greek culture through his captured lands rather than Macedonian culture.

4. What subject does Plutarch report Sertorius mastered as a youth?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Oratory.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) History.

5. According to Plutarch, when did Phocion rise to power in Athens?
(a) After the death of Eumenes.
(b) As the ship of state in Athens was sinking.
(c) As Greece was recovering from war with the Macedonians.
(d) After Alexander had decided to invade Persia.