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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Pacifying Caesar, The Last Gasps of Republican Rome, 48-45 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following a successful campaign for Quaestor, what position was Cicero given in Sicily?
(a) Administrator.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) Advisor.
(d) Mayor.

2. How did Caesar react to Pompey's murder?
(a) He cried.
(b) He wrote a letter.
(c) He screamed.
(d) He kept silent.

3. How did Caesar give his consent for Cicero's return from exile?
(a) Happily.
(b) Nonchalantly.
(c) Reluctantly.
(d) Angrily.

4. Why was the defeat of Verres significant?
(a) It was the first guilty verdict made in the courts.
(b) The verdict was made in less than a day.
(c) It made a case for reforming the courts.
(d) The verdict was made in less than an hour.

5. How many Roman soldiers died in the civil war?
(a) Eighty thousand.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Two hundred and eighty thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero in his speech to the Senators in Chapter 4, what did their reputation depend on?

2. Based on Cicero's letters around the time of his speech about Caesar in Chapter 7, what was clear about his mood?

3. What was the book that Caesar dedicated to Cicero about?

4. What age was Cicero when he became Praetor in Chapter 4?

5. In which country did events set Pompey and Crassus against each other?

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