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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the conspiracies against Caesar begin?
(a) One month after the Ides of March.
(b) One year after the Ides of March.
(c) Four months after the Ides of March.
(d) Eight months after the Ides of March.

2. What part of the Republic's modernization was the source of tension between Caesar and Pompey?
(a) Governing institutions.
(b) Military.
(c) Trade agreements.
(d) Housing.

3. Which of the following was unclear about Cicero's actions leading to his death?
(a) Why he did not run.
(b) When he was caught.
(c) When he realized he was being chased.
(d) Why he started walking to Rome.

4. How long did it take before Cicero began to recover from his daughter's passing?
(a) Several months.
(b) Several years.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several weeks.

5. Out of the many blows that were used in the attack on Caesar, how many were fatal?
(a) A few.
(b) A lot.
(c) Several.
(d) One.

6. Where did Cicero lead a campaign while he was governing Cicilia?
(a) Media.
(b) Margiana.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Armenia.

7. As Cicero pointed out in the fifth Philippic, what did the attempts of negotiations fail to recognize about Antony?
(a) Aggresive intentions.
(b) Deceptive intentions.
(c) Inexcusable tactics.
(d) Questionable tactics.

8. What was bothering Cicero about the conditions in Chapter 10?
(a) How to delay them.
(b) How to react to them.
(c) How they could have been prevented.
(d) How they occurred.

9. Why did Antony begin to lose power to Octavian?
(a) He could not gather any troops.
(b) A loss of money.
(c) New laws were ineffective.
(d) The mutiny of some troops.

10. What did Cicero defend in his book about oratory in Chapter 8?
(a) The reasons of rhetoric.
(b) The future of rhetoric.
(c) The origins of rhetoric.
(d) The practice of rhetoric.

11. Which of Cicero's books were written in dialogue form?
(a) Only On Law.
(b) Only On the State.
(c) On the State and On Law.
(d) Neither On the State nor On Law.

12. What was the purpose of the tribunal that was assembled with Octavian as Consul?
(a) To oversee future cases.
(b) To prevent future political speeches.
(c) To undermine the Senate.
(d) To try the conspirators against Caesar.

13. What did Caesar think should replace the squabbles of the Senate?
(a) New laws.
(b) Executive authority.
(c) A reduction in senators.
(d) An additional Consul.

14. How long were Cicero and Terentia married?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Octavian born?

2. How much fame and glory did Caesar say that Cicero's writings had earned?

3. What caused Cicero to be wary of helping Octavian?

4. When did Octavian become Consul?

5. What was Cicero's reputation when he began writing about politics?

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