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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gaius not do according to Cicero in the twenty-third letter?
(a) Invite Cicero to a banquet.
(b) Invite Cicero to a hunting trip.
(c) Invite Cicero to his oath of office.
(d) Invite Cicero to his house.

2. What defeated Verres' imprudence in selecting the judges to attempt to bribe?
(a) Cicero's diligence.
(b) Cicero's honesty.
(c) Cicero's spies.
(d) Cicero's bribes.

3. How much money did Verres embezzled?
(a) 400,000,000 sesterces.
(b) 400,000 sesterces.
(c) 10,000 sesterces.
(d) 300,000 sesterces.

4. In the eighteenth letter, who came to Cicero's house?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Tiro.
(d) Atticus.

5. What is at stake if Lucius refuses to identify himself with the cause of Roman freedom, according to the final letter?
(a) Lucius' position.
(b) Lucius' money.
(c) Lucius' life.
(d) Lucius' citizenship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?

2. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?

3. In the twentieth letter, Cicero is glad of __________.

4. Whom is Cicero blaming for his wife's sorrow in his third letter?

5. What did the new consul elect tell Verres when Verres congratulated him for his victory?

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