- 1. Where was Plutarch born?
A) Persia
B) Rome
C) Egypt
D) Greece
- 2. What is Plutarch best known for writing?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Odyssey
C) Parallel Lives
D) The Iliad
- 3. What field did Plutarch study in addition to writing?
A) Politics
B) Medicine
C) Philosophy
D) Engineering
- 4. Who is considered one of Plutarch's most famous biographical subjects?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Cleopatra
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Queen Victoria
- 5. Plutarch's writings have been a source of inspiration for many later writers, including which famous English playwright?
A) Charles Dickens
B) William Shakespeare
C) Jane Austen
D) George Orwell
- 6. What was the language in which Plutarch wrote his works?
A) Arabic
B) Latin
C) Greek
D) Chinese
- 7. In which region of Greece did Plutarch spend much of his life?
A) Macedonia
B) Boeotia
C) Thessaly
D) Crete
- 8. Plutarch's work 'Parallel Lives' has had a significant influence on later writers and historians, providing a model for what type of writing?
A) Science fiction
B) Biography
C) Cookbooks
D) Romance novels
- 9. Plutarch was a contemporary of which Roman emperor?
A) Nero
B) Augustus
C) Trajan
D) Marcus Aurelius
- 10. Which philosopher heavily influenced Plutarch's writing?
A) Confucius
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Socrates
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