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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, In Catilinam II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Cicero describe the conflict between Rome and Mithridates?
(a) Short.
(b) Unpredictable.
(c) Long.
(d) Serious.

2. Whom did Catiline sit with while listening to Cicero's first speech against him?
(a) A group of senators.
(b) His counsel.
(c) No one.
(d) Another senator.

3. Mithridates, the enemy of Rome, was from ______________.
(a) Macedonia.
(b) Pontus.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Bithynia.

4. How did Cicero intend for Rome to fight the second war in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?
(a) Beyond the rigor of the first.
(b) With the same intelligence as the first.
(c) With the same rigor of the first.
(d) In a more intelligent way than the first.

5. How many speeches were not actually given by Cicero because Verres had already gone into exile?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Cicero say that the region Verres governed could be restored to its previous state?

2. Which type of speech were the speeches against Verres considered?

3. What did Cicero cite as an example to support his theory that executing Catiline would have hurt the unity of the country?

4. How did Cicero categorize the war's outcome in his speech for Pompey in Chapter 3?

5. According to Cicero in Chapter 5, what was clear about Catiline?

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