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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. Since Cicero could not likely speak against anyone else in the senate the way he had spoken of Catiline, whose respect did Catiline lose?
(a) The people of other regions.
(b) The Roman citizens.
(c) The senate.
(d) His followers.

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

3. Cicero told the jurors that the attempt to bribe them should be taken as ______________.
(a) A joke.
(b) An insult.
(c) A contradiction.
(d) Evidence of corruption.

4. What was the purpose of the letters that Catiline left as he was leaving the senate chamber?
(a) Only to instruct his followers.
(b) Only to ask others for help.
(c) To instruct his followers and ask others for help.
(d) Neither to instruct his followers nor ask others for help.

5. Why did Verres choose to flee into exile?
(a) He became ill.
(b) He thought Cicero would not present his case in his absence.
(c) The evidence was too damning.
(d) The jury could not convict him if he was not present.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cicero describing when he referred to Servilius?

2. After making his initial point against Verres, what type of attacks did Cicero launch against Verres' actions and character in Chapter 1?

3. Based on what Cicero said in his speech, how did many people feel about the possibility that Verres could use bribery to cause an acquittal?

4. Which two things did Cicero say the Roman people were eager for in Chapter 3?

5. How did the people respond to the verdicts of the corrupt trials that Verres ran?

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