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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference between the reasons that Demosthenes and Cicero fled from the authorities?
(a) Demosthenes fled because his rhetoric made him the enemies of the powerful, but Cicero left for the humiliation of insulting his superiors.
(b) The bribery accusation from which Demosthenes fled was less honorable than Cicero's flight for opposing Caesar's son's rule.
(c) Demosthenes flight for speaking truth to power was more noble that Cicero's flight out of fear because he had insulted a powerful general.
(d) The call to war that brought Athenians to despise Demosthenes was more admirable than Cicero's flight because he made enemies of powerful leaders.

3. How did Plutarch claim Artaxerxes avoided a war with the Spartans?
(a) He joined with Alexander who then routed the Spartans.
(b) He navigated his troops around the Spartans until they became exhausted and depleted.
(c) He offered the Spartans half his kingdom.
(d) He bribed the Greeks to declare war with the Spartans.

4. How did Plutarch explain the tyrrant, Nicocles, rose to power?
(a) He invaded Sicyon and destroyed the leaders there.
(b) He assassinated Paseas.
(c) He inherited the position from his father.
(d) He took power from the other two members of a triumvirate.

5. What did Plutarch claim to be the main issue facing Tiberius after he was elected tribune of the people?
(a) Internal improvements to help Rome transport goods in and out of the cities of the empire.
(b) Raising revenues through taxes to support Rome's many wars and Empire.
(c) Reforming the laws to even justice between the wealthy and the poor.
(d) Land reform to restore property taken by the wealthy class while common landowners were fighting wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Plutarch claim Marcus Brutus is known?

2. How does Plutarch explain public anger both Dion and Brutus received for their stands against Dionysius II and Caesar respectively?

3. In the comparison of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus (henceforth identified here as "The Roman Brothers") with Agis and Cleomenes ("The Spartans"), how does Plutarch refer to Tiberius and Caius as a unit?

4. Why does Plutarch suggest that Dion was banished from Syracuse by the supporters of Dionysisus' son, Dionysisus II?

5. What is the first difference that Plutarch found between Demetrius and Antony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important position does Plutarch report Atarus took with Achaea, a league of Greek cities?

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

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

4. How did Ochus put himself in line to inherit Artaxerxes throne according to Plutarch?

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

6. According to Plutarch, how did Tiberius' death affect Caius' entry into Roman politics?

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

8. How did Plutarch report that Demetrius fell in and out of favor with Athenians?

9. Why does Plutarch claim that Philip had Atarus poisoned?

10. What does Plutarch report to be the condition of Rome as Tiberius began his political career in Rome?

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