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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Ideal Constitution, Writing about Politics, 55-43 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cicero learn about from Diodotus?
(a) Academic skepticism.
(b) Pyrrhonian skepticism.
(c) Cynicism.
(d) Stoicism.

2. Why did Cicero use his victory in a famous case to flatter the lower classes in Chapter 4?
(a) To win their support for the Consulship.
(b) To help them get loans.
(c) To help raise their wages.
(d) To win their support for his writings.

3. At the end of 52 B.C., what depended on the alliance between Caesar and Pompey?
(a) Economic regulations.
(b) Political stability.
(c) Trade with other cities.
(d) A pending war.

4. What did Catalina do when Cicero gave a direct speech that exposed the conspiracy?
(a) Gathered an army and hid.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Confronted Cicero and then hid.
(d) Gathered an army and confronted Cicero.

5. Who did Cicero represent in the case against Verres?
(a) The Sicilians.
(b) The Committee.
(c) The Council.
(d) The Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Rome to win the War of Allies?

2. How did Caesar gain attention in Chapter 5?

3. When was Crassus killed in battle?

4. What was Cicero's birthday?

5. Which of Cicero's books were written in dialogue form?

(see the answer key)

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