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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Philosophical Investigations, Thoughts on the Nature of Things, 46-44 B.C., Chapter 13, Why, This Is Violence!, Plots and Conspiracies, January—March 44 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Cicero respond to Cesar's request for help in Chapter 10?
(a) He resisted.
(b) He only agreed to certain aspects of it.
(c) He countered with another offer.
(d) He ignored it.

2. When did Cicero arrive in Rome after his governorship at Cicilia was over?
(a) 48 B.C.
(b) 51 B.C.
(c) 49 B.C.
(d) 52 B.C.

3. What was the crowd's response to Brutus' claim that Caesar had to be assassinated at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They ignored it.
(c) They refused to accept it.
(d) They were sympathetic.

4. How was the city of Rome described in Chapter 3?
(a) Well planned and constructed, and safe.
(b) Unplanned, chaotically built, but not dangerous.
(c) Well planned and constructed, but dangerous in many places.
(d) Unplanned, chaotically built, and dangerous in many places.

5. Which types of teachers did Cicero study with during the time he was away from Rome?
(a) Politics only.
(b) Rhetoric, philosophy, and politics.
(c) Rhetoric and philosophy.
(d) Philosophy and politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who passed the bill that caused Cicero to go into exile?

2. With the ability to exercise sovereign power, how many Praetors were there in the Roman government?

3. What was Cicero's birthday?

4. When did Cicero divorce Terentia?

5. What helped Rome to win the War of Allies?

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