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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Philosophical Investigations, Thoughts on the Nature of Things, 46-44 B.C., Chapter 13, Why, This Is Violence!, Plots and Conspiracies, January—March 44 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which political problems were at the source of the crisis for the Roman Empire?
(a) The economy and the changing role of the army.
(b) An agricultural crisis and the changing role of the army.
(c) An agricultural crisis and the economy.
(d) An agricultural crisis only.

2. Who passed the bill that caused Cicero to go into exile?
(a) Clodius and Caesar.
(b) Neither Caesar nor Clodius.
(c) Clodius.
(d) Caesar.

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

4. What was Cicero's instinct about Caesar's attempts in the Senate?
(a) To support neither Caesar nor the Senate.
(b) To support the Senate against Caesar.
(c) To support Caesar against the Senate.
(d) To support both Caesar and the Senate.

5. How was the Roman Constitution developed?
(a) It was only written once.
(b) In layers over time.
(c) Through new versions every year at the same time.
(d) With frequent rewrites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which subjects did Cicero study extensively as a young man?

2. What did Cicero think about Caesar's ransacking of the Treasury in Rome?

3. After hearing about Catalina's plan, what did Cicero convince the Senate to do?

4. What did Cicero learn about from Diodotus?

5. Which year did Cicero leave Rome in Chapter 3?

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