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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aratus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Plutarch report to be the first Roman official to try to take up the issue that confronted Tiberius after his election as tribune?
(a) Scipio.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Caius Laelius.
(d) Crassus.

2. How did Plutarch characterize Phocion's speech?
(a) "...That even from his infancy, in his speech, his countenance, and all his childish pastimes, he discovered and inflexible temper,..."
(b) "Never had anyone said so much to so many with so few words."
(c) "Few had ever said as much with a paucity of verbage."
(d) "...full of instruction, abounding in happy maxims and wise thoughts, but admitted no embellishment to its austere and commanding brevity."

3. What did Plutarch claim came of Caius after his death?
(a) His head was cut off and presented to Opimius as a gift.
(b) Romans felt regret for what had happened and erected a statue in his honor.
(c) His body was found by his family and burned.
(d) His body was displayed by his enemies as a warning to his supporters.

4. What did Plutarch report to be Phocion's view of war whenever he was brought into debates with other Greek leaders?
(a) He believe a man could have no greater virtue than the desire to face bloody combat.
(b) His advice was always for peace and quietness.
(c) He thrilled in the adventure of defeating an enemy.
(d) He always advocated drawing the enemy out into the open.

5. Why did Antigonus' son, Philip, kill Aratus, according to Plutarch?
(a) He became resentful of Aratus.
(b) He had an affair with Aratus' wife while Aratus was fighting for him in battle.
(c) He saw Aratus as a threat to his power.
(d) He wanted to rule over Aratus' Greek alliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Plutarch suggest that Cleomenes eliminated the office of ephors from Spartan Government?

2. What Roman political leader does Plutarch claim was a friend to Cato's family?

3. What does Plutarch report led to Antony's suicide at the threat of being defeated by Octavian?

4. What battle against Macedon, according to Plutarch, that Phocion warned against taking that the Athenians lost under a different general?

5. According to Plutarch, what lead to the death of Aratus' father?

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