View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cato call Caesar's land bill that would benefit Pompey?

2. Who warns Caesar of the boni's deception?

3. What is Cicero's position?

4. Why does Caesar say Catilina never posed an accusable threat to Rome?

5. Who forged a letter in Caesar's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caesar give as a pittance for breaking Julia's betrothal?

2. Why does Fulvia abort her unborn child?

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

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

5. What is the one thing the Boni admire about Caesar?

6. Who does Pompey want to find land for, and why?

7. Why is Vatinius so grateful to Caesar?

8. What is the Senatus Consultum Ultimum?

9. What does Servelia call Pompey, and why?

10. How does Brutus respond to his broken betrothal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

What were the Vestal Virgins, and how did Caesar's interactions with them change his actions and feelings about certain things?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the characters involved in those scenes?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 584 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample