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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. How did Cicero end his final speech to Verres in Chapter 2?
(a) With a famous quote.
(b) With a prayer.
(c) With a request.
(d) With a song.

2. Where did Verres falsely report that he had used his own money to build a trireme?
(a) Messana.
(b) Leontini.
(c) Himera.
(d) Camerina.

3. As Cicero explained to the jurors, what effect did the scheduling of the court date have on his efforts to collect evidence?
(a) It made it easier.
(b) It made it more enjoyable.
(c) It made it impossible.
(d) It made it more difficult.

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

5. Which one of the following was assumed to be elected to the consulship and help Verres?
(a) Sisenna.
(b) Nasica.
(c) Hortensius.
(d) Metellus.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Cicero stated in his first speech against Verres, what would a failure to convict cause?

2. What had happened to the courts, according to Cicero in Chapter 1?

3. What is the one thing that could have possibly spared Verres?

4. Why did Cicero think that Verres committed crimes against the citizens of Rome?

5. If Verres was not convicted, what did Cicero think would happen in the judicial system?

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