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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Attack on an Enemy of Freedom, The Second Philippic against Antony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Cicero going when he wrote the second letter?
(a) To Cartage.
(b) To Rome.
(c) To Epirus.
(d) To Vilnius.

2. What did Sicily's praetor, speaking as the consul, tell Sicilians about Verres?
(a) Verres will be convicted.
(b) Verres will flee Italy.
(c) Verres is asking for their pardon.
(d) There is no possibility of Verres being convicted.

3. To whom did Cicero send the third letter?
(a) Pompey.
(b) His wife.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Verres.

4. What was the former position of Antony's father-in-law?
(a) Senator.
(b) Praetor.
(c) Slave.
(d) General.

5. What will Cicero be after Hortensius is consul?
(a) A praetor.
(b) An aedile.
(c) Sicily's consul.
(d) In exile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Verres embezzled?

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

3. According to Cicero in his fourth argument, what position did Verres occupy when he embezzled public money and abandoned his province?

4. What reason does Antony give for visiting Cicero's house?

5. Whom does Verres think ill of in Cicero's third argument against Verres?

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