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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Pretty-Boy's Revenge, The Good Goddess Affair and the Return of Pompey, 62-58 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not included in Chapter 2 as a result of the Wart of Allies?
(a) Italy became united.
(b) The Romans moved to other areas.
(c) The shock of the stability of the Republic.
(d) Cultural divisions diminished.

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

3. How did Verres react to the probability of defeat?
(a) He laughed.
(b) He tried to bribe the Senate.
(c) He went into exile.
(d) He denied the charges.

4. What age was Cicero when he started giving speeches?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty five.
(c) Thirty five.
(d) Thirty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the number of cases that Cicero received change after his defense of Roscius?

2. Why did the governing classes decide to back Cicero for Consul?

3. What did Cicero use to discredit his opponents once he had the support of the governing classes in Chapter 5?

4. What helped Rome to win the War of Allies?

5. Which year was Cicero's second and last child born?

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