- 1. Where was Plutarch born?
A) Egypt
B) Greece
C) Rome
D) Persia
- 2. What is Plutarch best known for writing?
A) The Iliad
B) The Aeneid
C) The Odyssey
D) Parallel Lives
- 3. What field did Plutarch study in addition to writing?
A) Politics
B) Engineering
C) Philosophy
D) Medicine
- 4. Who is considered one of Plutarch's most famous biographical subjects?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Alexander the Great
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Cleopatra
- 5. Plutarch's writings have been a source of inspiration for many later writers, including which famous English playwright?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Charles Dickens
C) George Orwell
D) Jane Austen
- 6. What was the language in which Plutarch wrote his works?
A) Latin
B) Chinese
C) Arabic
D) Greek
- 7. In which region of Greece did Plutarch spend much of his life?
A) Boeotia
B) Thessaly
C) Crete
D) Macedonia
- 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) Cookbooks
B) Romance novels
C) Science fiction
D) Biography
- 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) Aristotle
C) Plato
D) Socrates
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