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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Verrum II.5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Verres apparently do when the people protested his treatment of the pirate captain?
(a) He attempted to bribe them.
(b) He ignored them.
(c) He gave them an invented excuse.
(d) He threatened them.

2. How many galleys did Heracleo sail around the coast to taunt the people?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. When did Verres serve as governor?
(a) 70-68 B.C.
(b) 74-72 B.C.
(c) 71-69 B.C.
(d) 73-71 B.C.

4. What did Cicero promise to the jurors at the end of his first speech against Verres?
(a) To be creative in his attempts to prosecute.
(b) Not to be late for the hearings.
(c) To present an indefensible prosecution.
(d) Not to use any tricky legal moves.

5. Why did Cicero think that Verres committed crimes against the citizens of Rome?
(a) Greed.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Cicero did not say.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Verres falsely report that he had used his own money to build a trireme?

2. Which word was used to represent a legal speech in describing Cicero's speeches against Verres?

3. What did Cicero accuse Verres of doing with the witnesses of the corrupt trials he ran?

4. Which one of Verres' acquaintances was also implicated in the mishandled capture of a pirate captain?

5. Along with ruining his perceived military career, what else did Cicero accomplish by repeating Verres' crimes in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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