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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. Who did Cicero prefer to support in the conflict between Caesar and Pompey?
(a) Neither Pompey nor Caesar.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Caesar for some issues and Pompey for other issues.
(d) Pompey.

2. How did Cicero voice his disapproval of Caesar's actions in getting a land reform bill passed?
(a) He gave four speeches.
(b) He wrote a letter.
(c) He wrote four letters.
(d) He gave a speech.

3. Which month was Cicero's book about oratory released?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) November.
(d) December.

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

5. What age was Cicero when he returned to Rome in Chapter 11?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which year was Cicero born?

2. What part of the Republic's modernization was the source of tension between Caesar and Pompey?

3. When did Cicero arrive in Rome after his governorship at Cicilia was over?

4. How long did Cicero plan to govern Cicilia?

5. When did Cicero divorce Terentia?

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