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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. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference in the military achievements between Dion and Brutus?
2. Why does Plutarch claim that Cicero's leading the execution of conspirators to overthrow Rome was controversial?
3. What did Plutarch identify as the primary difference between "The Roman Brothers" and "The Spartans"?
4. What quote from Plato does Plutarch use to begin a criticism in his profiles of Demetrius and Antony?
5. How did Plutarch compare the deaths of "The Roman Brothers" to "The Spartans"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Plutarch show the differences in the motivations for speaking between Demosthenes and Cicero?
2. Why does Plutarch report that Artaxerxes had his son, Darius, executed?
3. What important position does Plutarch report Atarus took with Achaea, a league of Greek cities?
4. What is a primary difference that can be inferred between the ancient Spartan civilization and the ancient Roman Empire from Plutarch's comparison between the Gracchi and the Spartans?
5. What does Plutarch consider to be the difference in the deaths of the Gracci and the Spartans?
6. How did Ochus put himself in line to inherit Artaxerxes throne according to Plutarch?
7. Why does Plutarch claim that Philip had Atarus poisoned?
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. How did Plutarch describe the defeat of Brutus after the death of Caesar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the rhetorical styles of Demosthenes and Cicero. Use quotes from Plutarch's lives to make your illustrations. In the comparison identify the affects that each speaker had on his audiences, legislative bodies, and on the support or opposition of people in powerful positions.
Essay Topic 2
Cato, the Younger, took many stands against the popular positions of the Roman Senate. One such stand was his warnings against the ambitions of Caesar as he was rising to power. What were the points that Cato raised in his warning, how did he respond as Pompey attempted to challenge Caesar, and what was the final outcome for Cato for taking his stand?
Essay Topic 3
Tiberius Gracchus was responded to the needs of homeless soldiers who's property was taken by legal schemes made by land owners while the soldiers were fighting wars. Investigate the reasons the soldiers were fighting the wars that took them from their homes, how wealthy land owners were in a position to manipulate laws, and how Tiberius was able to get land reform laws passed in spite of opposition in the senate. Summarize your essay with a position statement of what the government could have done at any point of the process to deal with the problem in a just manner.
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