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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Cicero's Civil War, Against Marc Antony, January—April, 43 B.C., Chapter 16, Death at the Seaside, The End of the Republic, April—November, 43 B.C., Chapter 17, Postmortems.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which subjects did Cicero study extensively as a young man?
(a) Literature, rhetoric, and astronomy.
(b) Literature, astronomy, and philosophy.
(c) Literature, philosophy, and rhetoric.
(d) Literature, philosophy, astronomy, and rhetoric.

3. To what extent had Rome changed when Cicero returned in Chapter 11?
(a) Not at all.
(b) A moderate amount.
(c) A little.
(d) A lot.

4. Where was Cicero before meeting with Caesar in Chapter 11?
(a) Brundisium.
(b) Beneventum.
(c) Capua.
(d) Tarentum.

5. Which year was Cicero's second and last child born?
(a) 67 B.C.
(b) 68 B.C.
(c) 64 B.C.
(d) 65 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take before Cicero began to recover from his daughter's passing?

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

3. When was Cicero's third Philippic given?

4. How did people agree that Cicero died?

5. Which tactic did Caesar use in order to get a land reform bill passed?

(see the answer key)

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