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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Cicero respond to a land reform bill in Chapter 5?
(a) He opposed it.
(b) He supported it.
(c) He ignored it.
(d) He supported most of it.

3. Which political problems were at the source of the crisis for the Roman Empire?
(a) An agricultural crisis only.
(b) The economy and the changing role of the army.
(c) An agricultural crisis and the economy.
(d) An agricultural crisis and the changing role of the army.

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

5. Which of the following was not included in Chapter 2 as a result of the Wart of Allies?
(a) The shock of the stability of the Republic.
(b) Cultural divisions diminished.
(c) The Romans moved to other areas.
(d) Italy became united.

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

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

8. How many men that Catalina recruited began to leave after Cicero stopped the conspiracy?
(a) Eighteen thousand.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) Twenty thousand.
(d) Fourteen thousand.

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

10. Whose army did Cicero fight with in the War of Allies?
(a) Gaius Marius.
(b) Cnaeus Pompeius Strabo.
(c) Lucius Porcius Cato.
(d) Lucius Julius Caesar.

11. What did Cicero learn about from Diodotus?
(a) Stoicism.
(b) Cynicism.
(c) Pyrrhonian skepticism.
(d) Academic skepticism.

12. Which types of teachers did Cicero study with during the time he was away from Rome?
(a) Rhetoric and philosophy.
(b) Philosophy and politics.
(c) Rhetoric, philosophy, and politics.
(d) Politics only.

13. When did Cicero begin studying law in Rome?
(a) 95 B.C.
(b) 90 B.C.
(c) 100 B.C.
(d) 85 B.C.

14. What is another way to describe the social class of the Patricians?
(a) Lower class.
(b) The lower and middle class combined.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Middle class.

15. What were the Quaestors mainly responsible for?
(a) Overseeing elections.
(b) Administration.
(c) Enforcing the laws.
(d) Informing the public.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who elected the Consuls in the Roman government?

3. At the end of 52 B.C., what depended on the alliance between Caesar and Pompey?

4. What impressed Cicero about the potential of becoming an advocate in Chapter 2?

5. Why did the Senate become influential in the Roman government?

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