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

2. Why did the Senate become influential in the Roman government?
(a) The positions were held for over twenty years.
(b) The Senate did not represent either social class.
(c) The positions were held for life.
(d) The Senate was intended to represent both social classes.

3. What impressed Cicero about the potential of becoming an advocate in Chapter 2?
(a) The fame and power of an effective public speaker on the world.
(b) The audience's reaction to an advocate.
(c) The money a public speaker could make.
(d) The impact an advocate could have in the courtroom.

4. Which of the following was listed as a cause for the War of Allies?
(a) Misunderstandings.
(b) Politics.
(c) Two battles.
(d) One battle.

5. With the ability to exercise sovereign power, how many Praetors were there in the Roman government?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirty two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who elected the Consuls in the Roman government?

2. Whose army did Cicero fight with in the War of Allies?

3. Which of the following was established to represent the Plebs?

4. How much was known about Cicero's mother, Helvia?

5. Later in Cicero's life, when did he return to the villa in the countryside mentioned in Chapter 2?

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