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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. How much work did On the State require?
(a) A moderate amount.
(b) A lot.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) A little in some areas, a lot in others.

2. When did normalcy return to Rome after winning the War of Allies?
(a) Five years later.
(b) Twenty five years later.
(c) Ten years later.
(d) Twenty years later.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 8, which problem did Cicero observe in the Roman Constitution?
(a) Only in the people entrusted with protecting it.
(b) Only that it was too long.
(c) Only in the revisions that could be made to it.
(d) Only that it was not long enough.

4. What were Cicero and his allies able to reveal support for in Chapter 10?
(a) Compromise.
(b) New laws.
(c) Trade.
(d) Lower taxes.

5. What did Catalina do when Cicero gave a direct speech that exposed the conspiracy?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Gathered an army and confronted Cicero.
(c) Gathered an army and hid.
(d) Confronted Cicero and then hid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was noteworthy about On Law?

2. What did Cicero think about Caesar's ransacking of the Treasury in Rome?

3. What year was Caesar scheduled to return to Rome and become Consul again?

4. What was the crowd's response to Brutus' claim that Caesar had to be assassinated at the end of Chapter 13?

5. Following Clodius' death, what was Pompey asked to do for the city?

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