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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Philosophical Investigations, Thoughts on the Nature of Things, 46-44 B.C., Chapter 13, Why, This Is Violence!, Plots and Conspiracies, January—March 44 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What effect did Cicero's marriage to Terentia have on him?
(a) It caused him to spend more time away from work.
(b) It helped him politically.
(c) It helped him financially.
(d) It caused him to rethink his work.

3. What type of campaign did Cicero lead while governing Cicilia?
(a) Average.
(b) Normal, but interrupted.
(c) Brief.
(d) Extensive.

4. In which country did events set Pompey and Crassus against each other?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Gaul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the city of Rome described in Chapter 3?

2. How did the opposition to Caesar act when Pompey abandoned Rome?

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

4. When did Pompey and Crassus serve as Consuls?

5. Which of the following was cited as a reason for the difficulty Rome had in managing its vast holdings?

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