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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Always Be the Best, My Boy, The Bravest, From Arpinum to Rome, 106-82 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which subjects did Cicero study extensively as a young man?
(a) Literature, astronomy, and philosophy.
(b) Literature, rhetoric, and astronomy.
(c) Literature, philosophy, and rhetoric.
(d) Literature, philosophy, astronomy, and rhetoric.

2. Which of the following was cited as a reason for the difficulty Rome had in managing its vast holdings?
(a) A lack of communication.
(b) Low communication costs.
(c) Interrupted communication.
(d) High communication costs.

3. What small town was Cicero born in?
(a) Cassino.
(b) Arpinum.
(c) Veroli.
(d) Paliano.

4. How many years before Cicero was born did the crisis that would lead to the end of the Roman Republic begin?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Ten.

5. What was absent from Rome that caused further troubles in managing their holdings?
(a) Public infrastructure, local representatives, and banking services.
(b) Police forces, diplomatic representatives, and banking services.
(c) Public infrastructure, police forces, and banking services.
(d) Public infrastructure, police forces, and local representatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not included in Chapter 2 as a result of the Wart of Allies?

2. How old was Cicero when the liquidations took place in Chapter 2?

3. What impressed Cicero about the potential of becoming an advocate in Chapter 2?

4. What were the Quaestors mainly responsible for?

5. What did Cicero learn about from Diodotus?

(see the answer key)

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