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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. How long were Cicero and Terentia married?
(a) Thirty five years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty years.

2. Where did Cicero retreat after the death of his daughter?
(a) Argiletum.
(b) Palatine.
(c) Astura.
(d) Tusculum.

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

4. How long did it take before Cicero began to recover from his daughter's passing?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) Several months.
(c) Several years.
(d) Several days.

5. In which country did events set Pompey and Crassus against each other?
(a) France.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Spain.
(d) Gaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the defeat of Verres significant?

2. Which one of the following was not included in the list of things that Cicero focused on during the years after his exile?

3. Where was Cicero before meeting with Caesar in Chapter 11?

4. Following a successful campaign for Quaestor, what position was Cicero given in Sicily?

5. Where was Pompey killed?

(see the answer key)

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