Plutarch (biographer and writer) - Test
- 1. Where was Plutarch born?
A) Greece
B) Persia
C) Egypt
D) Rome
- 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) Engineering
B) Medicine
C) Philosophy
D) Politics
- 4. Who is considered one of Plutarch's most famous biographical subjects?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Queen Victoria
D) Cleopatra
- 5. Plutarch's writings have been a source of inspiration for many later writers, including which famous English playwright?
A) Jane Austen
B) Charles Dickens
C) William Shakespeare
D) George Orwell
- 6. What was the language in which Plutarch wrote his works?
A) Latin
B) Greek
C) Chinese
D) Arabic
- 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) Cookbooks
B) Biography
C) Romance novels
D) Science fiction
- 9. Plutarch was a contemporary of which Roman emperor?
A) Marcus Aurelius
B) Augustus
C) Trajan
D) Nero
- 10. Which philosopher heavily influenced Plutarch's writing?
A) Confucius
B) Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Plato
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