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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. What is another way to describe the social class of the Patricians?
(a) The lower and middle class combined.
(b) Lower class.
(c) Middle class.
(d) Aristocracy.

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

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

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

5. When did the two Consuls trade seniority?
(a) Yearly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Monthly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Everitt think about the Roman Constitution's checks and balances?

2. What small town was Cicero born in?

3. With the ability to exercise sovereign power, how many Praetors were there in the Roman government?

4. How did Verres react to the probability of defeat?

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

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