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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was bothering Cicero about the conditions in Chapter 10?
(a) How they occurred.
(b) How they could have been prevented.
(c) How to delay them.
(d) How to react to them.

2. Which of the following was Cicero's main objective in restoring the Republic?
(a) Revising the Constitution.
(b) Lowering taxes for all Romans.
(c) Drawing attention to the Constitution.
(d) Lowering taxes for most Romans.

3. Who elected the Consuls in the Roman government?
(a) Senators.
(b) Praetors.
(c) The people.
(d) Quaestors.

4. How did Everitt refer to Cicero's decision to leave Rome?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Anticipated.
(c) Clever.
(d) Mysterious.

5. How many years were there between when Cicero's daughter was married and the actual wedding?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following was not included in the list of things that Cicero focused on during the years after his exile?

2. How many years before Cicero was born did the crisis that would lead to the end of the Roman Republic begin?

3. When did the Plebs rebel against abuses of power?

4. How far away from Rome was Cicero born?

5. What was Rome's economy like when Cicero became Consul?

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