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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Politics and Foreign Postings, Cicero Enters the Ring, 77-63 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Quaestors were in the Roman government?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What nickname was Cicero given while studying certain subjects?
(a) The little Greek writer.
(b) The little Greek boy.
(c) The little rhetorician.
(d) The little author.

3. What were the Quaestors mainly responsible for?
(a) Administration.
(b) Overseeing elections.
(c) Enforcing the laws.
(d) Informing the public.

4. Which year was Cicero's second and last child born?
(a) 67 B.C.
(b) 64 B.C.
(c) 65 B.C.
(d) 68 B.C.

5. Which part of the Forum did Everitt detail at length?
(a) Its landscape and modern replications of it.
(b) Its landscape and buildings.
(c) Its buildings and modern replications of it.
(d) Its landscape, buildings, and modern replications of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the town that Cicero was born located?

2. What was Cicero's birthday?

3. Which political problems were at the source of the crisis for the Roman Empire?

4. How many years before Cicero was born did the crisis that would lead to the end of the Roman Republic begin?

5. Who elected the Consuls in the Roman government?

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