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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 does Cicero do to infuriate Caesar?

2. What is Caesar's greatest goal?

3. What new knowledge does Caesar use to get back at Cicero?

4. What do the boni try to make sure Caesar does not become?

5. What does Caesar deal with as praetor urbanus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Servelia call Pompey, and why?

2. Why does the boni not expect Caesar to give up his imperium for consulship?

3. What information does Arrius bring the Senate after being hired by Caesar?

4. How does Brutus respond to his broken betrothal?

5. How does Cicero find his name on Clodius's revenge list?

6. Why does Clodius veto Bibulus out of office?

7. What happens to all the traitors who were in league with Catilina?

8. Who kills Vittius, and why?

9. How does Terentia feel about how Caesar treats the Vestal Virgins?

10. Why does Fulvia abort her unborn child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were a few different social and political ideals mentioned and discussed in this book. What were some of these ideals, and how did their presence in the book affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

How did Caesar's relationship with Servelia change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Aurelia was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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