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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Cicero trying to persuade Tiro from traveling?
(a) Tiro is a fugitive.
(b) Tiro is sick.
(c) War is raging.
(d) Tiro is old.

2. Whom does Cicero see in Rome according to the twenty-second letter?
(a) Gaius.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Verres.
(d) Brutus.

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

4. What are the moral standards of Publius Sulpicius, the judge?
(a) Open to bribes.
(b) Unscrupulous.
(c) Solemn and upright.
(d) Corrupted.

5. Who restored the tribunes?
(a) Marcus Atilius.
(b) Quintus Catulus.
(c) Cnaeus Pompeius.
(d) Cnaeus Tremellius.

6. Whose speech does Cicero go and listen to according to the twenty-first letter?
(a) Tiro's.
(b) Pompey's.
(c) Brutus'.
(d) Caesar's.

7. Who is Sicily's praetor?
(a) Marcus Caesonius.
(b) Marcus Glabrio.
(c) Lucius Metellus.
(d) Junius.

8. What is the personal connection between Verres and Metellus?
(a) Step brother.
(b) Childhood friend.
(c) Cousin.
(d) None.

9. In the fifteenth letter, how does Cicero qualify the state of the country?
(a) In revolt.
(b) Good.
(c) In trouble.
(d) In chaos.

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

11. To whom did Cicero write the second letter?
(a) Atticus.
(b) Verres.
(c) Pompey.
(d) His wife.

12. What are Cicero feelings about Pompey's decision to go against Caesar?
(a) Pompey is wrong.
(b) He wants to be part of the coup.
(c) Pompey is right.
(d) He does not want to take sides.

13. Who was elected consul during the election just prior to the start of the trial?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Verres' lawyer, Hortensius.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Verres' friend, Caetus.

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

15. How many senators have been condemned by the courts since restoring the tribunes?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Cicero say Rome could be at war?

2. In what did Verres put his expectation of safety?

3. According to Cicero in his eighth argument against Verres, what responsibilities fell on Marcus Metellus?

4. What consul, in particular, is Cicero happy with according to the twenty-third letter?

5. How many chests of money were left at "some senator's house"?

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