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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Cicero's wife's name, as noted in his third letter?

3. How much money did Verres embezzled?

4. Why does Caesar claim to need Cicero?

5. What does Cicero promise to the Roman people?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the twelfth letter, what does Cicero say about the death of Caesar?

2. What did Hortensius tell Verres after his election to consul?

3. Cicero professes himself to be an enemy of what men?

4. What concern does Cicero express in his second letter?

5. Who wrote the eighth letter and to whom was it written?

6. What did Cicero tell Pompey in the first letter of Cicero's Life and Letters, Selection from his Correspondence?

7. According to Cicero in his second argument, what is the relationship like between Cicero and Verres prior to the trial?

8. According to Cicero, what is the first thing Verres did when he came back from Sicily?

9. What is Cicero writing about in the seventh letter?

10. What does Cicero tell Caesar in the twelfth letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the fourth letter, written to Atticus, Cicero examines the treachery of Roman leadership. He wanted to become part of an alliance, but he resisted because he hated to participate in "deification." Analyze the treachery of Roman leadership and how some leaders, such as Caesar and Pompey, were deified. Provide support from the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Cicero maintains that it is unnatural to do wrong and argues that it disrupts the body. Analyze this argument and how wrong disrupts society and one's body. Examine whether the wrong disrupts the body. Students should use examples from the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Cicero discusses the Stoic ideal and how important it is to live consistently with nature and moral rightness by doing what nature demands. Analyze what nature demands and how doing right always brings about good. Provide examples from the book to support your discussion.

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