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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, A Strange Madness, The Battle for the Republic, 50-48 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who talked Cicero into exposing Clodius' false alibi at the festival?
(a) No one.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Terentia.
(d) Caesar.

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

3. Why was the defeat of Verres significant?
(a) It made a case for reforming the courts.
(b) The verdict was made in less than a day.
(c) The verdict was made in less than an hour.
(d) It was the first guilty verdict made in the courts.

4. What was the main charge in the first Catilinarian conspiracy?
(a) Theft.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Attempted murder.
(d) Bribery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Cicero's marriage to Terentia have on him?

2. Which of the following was Cicero's main objective in restoring the Republic?

3. When did Caesar's forces catch up with Pompey?

4. According to Cicero in his speech to the Senators in Chapter 4, what did their reputation depend on?

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

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