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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. When did Cicero begin to write about politics?
(a) 54 B.C.
(b) 53 B.C.
(c) 55 B.C.
(d) 52 B.C.

2. When did normalcy return to Rome after winning the War of Allies?
(a) Twenty five years later.
(b) Five years later.
(c) Twenty years later.
(d) Ten years later.

3. Based on Cicero's letters around the time of his speech about Caesar in Chapter 7, what was clear about his mood?
(a) He was excited to be back.
(b) He was not depressed.
(c) He was depressed.
(d) He was not excited to be back.

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

5. Later in Cicero's life, when did he return to the villa in the countryside mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) He stayed there most of the time.
(b) He visited there for significant occasions.
(c) During the preparations for political events.
(d) During difficult times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was noteworthy about On Law?

2. Which of the following historians was mentioned in the book as documenting the rivalry between Caesar and Pompey?

3. How did Everitt refer to Cicero's decision to leave Rome?

4. What did Caesar think should replace the squabbles of the Senate?

5. When did Cicero arrive in Cicilia?

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