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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which year did Cicero leave Rome in Chapter 3?
(a) 81 B.C.
(b) 80 B.C.
(c) 78 B.C.
(d) 79 B.C.

2. Following Clodius' death, what was Pompey asked to do for the city?
(a) Raise funds for a political campaign.
(b) Raise funds for a war.
(c) Rally the troops to impose law and order.
(d) Rally the troops to fight a war abroad.

3. Which year was Cicero born?
(a) 102 B.C.
(b) 110 B.C.
(c) 106 B.C.
(d) 112 B.C.

4. How did Caesar give his consent for Cicero's return from exile?
(a) Nonchalantly.
(b) Reluctantly.
(c) Happily.
(d) Angrily.

5. When did the two Consuls trade seniority?
(a) Daily.
(b) Yearly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Monthly.

6. How many Quaestors were in the Roman government?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Fifteen.

7. How old was Cicero when the liquidations took place in Chapter 2?
(a) Around twenty eight.
(b) Around thirty.
(c) Around twenty four.
(d) Around twenty two.

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

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

10. Which tactic did Caesar use in order to get a land reform bill passed?
(a) He refused to attend meetings unless the bill was passed.
(b) He appealed to the People.
(c) He made several threats to the Senate.
(d) He bribed the Senate.

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

12. Why was it easy for mob rule to exist in Rome?
(a) The laws against it were not specific enough.
(b) High taxes.
(c) High unemployment.
(d) There were no laws against it.

13. Who did Cicero represent in the case against Verres?
(a) The Council.
(b) The Sicilians.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The Committee.

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

15. Why did Cicero use his victory in a famous case to flatter the lower classes in Chapter 4?
(a) To win their support for the Consulship.
(b) To win their support for his writings.
(c) To help raise their wages.
(d) To help them get loans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another way to describe the social class of the Patricians?

2. Who elected the Consuls in the Roman government?

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

4. Besides trying to convince the Senate to ratify his conquests, what was Pompey's goal after returning to Italy?

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

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