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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. Why does Clodius want to annex Cyprus?

2. What does Bibulus do when he returns home after the Senate hearings at night?

3. What is Cicero's first name?

4. With whom is Julia smitten?

5. Who negotiated Caesar's debts for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Caesar treat the Vestal Virgins while he is being accused by the Boni?

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

3. How does Pompey feel when he first meets Julia?

4. What does Servelia call Pompey, and why?

5. How do Brutus and Julia feel about their parents' affair with each other?

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

7. What does Caesar do after the desecration of the Bona Dea?

8. Why does Fulvia abort her unborn child?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which people were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot, and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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