Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Test | Final Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take before Cicero began to recover from his daughter's passing?
(a) Several years.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Several months.
(d) Several days.

2. To what extent had Rome changed when Cicero returned in Chapter 11?
(a) Not at all.
(b) A moderate amount.
(c) A little.
(d) A lot.

3. How did Cicero respond to Octavian as Consul and the forming of the Second Triumvirate?
(a) He tried to boost the power of the Senate.
(b) He wanted to stay away from the Senate.
(c) He tried to restore balance to the Senate.
(d) He wanted to stay in the Senate.

4. Which one of the following did not happen after Caesar's funeral?
(a) Cicero left Rome.
(b) Antony refused to attend.
(c) The Senate house was burned.
(d) A riot broke out.

5. Which subject did Cicero teach when he returned to Rome?
(a) Politics.
(b) Writing.
(c) Law.
(d) Oratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cicero think about Caesar's ransacking of the Treasury in Rome?

2. Where is Cicilia located in present day?

3. As Cicero pointed out in the fifth Philippic, what did the attempts of negotiations fail to recognize about Antony?

4. How much fame and glory did Caesar say that Cicero's writings had earned?

5. How did Cicero respond to Cesar's request for help in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cicero do when saw the changes in Rome as he returned at age sixty?

2. Why was Cicero hesitant to work with Octavian in Chapter 14?

3. What was Cicero's opinion about the battle between Caesar and Pompey in Chapter 10?

4. Why did Cicero disappear from public view for a year in Chapter 10?

5. Why did Cicero leave Rome in Chapter 14?

6. What challenges did Cicero have in Cicilia?

7. What was Caesar's reaction to Pompey's death?

8. How did Cicero view the pending feud between Caesar and Pompey while getting ready to return to Rome in 50 B.C.?

9. What did Cicero write about in the beginning of Chapter 12 and why?

10. How did Cicero begin his writing in 55 B.C.?

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