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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although trying to remain neutral, what did Cicero fear would happen no matter who gained control in Chapter 10?
(a) The Constitution would be ignored.
(b) The people would be resentful.
(c) The Constitution would be destroyed.
(d) The people would be upset.

2. How did the opposition to Caesar act when Pompey abandoned Rome?
(a) They were confused.
(b) They were hiding.
(c) They were unaware of it.
(d) They were outraged.

3. When did Cicero divorce Terentia?
(a) 48 B.C.
(b) 49 B.C.
(c) 47 B.C.
(d) 50 B.C.

4. When was On the State published?
(a) 54 B.C.
(b) 52 B.C.
(c) 51 B.C.
(d) 53 B.C.

5. How did people agree that Cicero died?
(a) With bravery and professionalism.
(b) With bravery, resilience, and professionalism.
(c) With resilience and professionalism.
(d) With bravery and resilience.

6. Which month was Cicero's book about oratory released?
(a) February.
(b) June.
(c) December.
(d) November.

7. How did the Senate respond to the third Philippic?
(a) They only agreed with certain parts.
(b) They fully agreed with the entirety.
(c) They mostly agreed.
(d) They disagreed.

8. What description was given of Caesar before he was killed?
(a) Depressed and unhealthy.
(b) Optimistic and healthy.
(c) Optimistic, but unhealthy.
(d) Depressed, but healthy.

9. Which of the following was a main challenge that Cicero struggled with in Cicilia?
(a) Inventing new laws.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Policing.
(d) The economy.

10. When did Octavian ask Cicero for help against Antony?
(a) October 29.
(b) November 30.
(c) October 31.
(d) November 28.

11. How did Cicero respond to Octavian as Consul and the forming of the Second Triumvirate?
(a) He wanted to stay in the Senate.
(b) He tried to restore balance to the Senate.
(c) He wanted to stay away from the Senate.
(d) He tried to boost the power of the Senate.

12. Which of the following historians was mentioned in the book as documenting the rivalry between Caesar and Pompey?
(a) Appian.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Criton.

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

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

15. How many Roman soldiers died in the civil war?
(a) Eighty thousand.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) Two hundred and eighty thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was bothering Cicero about the conditions in Chapter 10?

2. Who did Cicero explain all of the details to in the fourth Philippic?

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

4. Which one of the following did not happen after Caesar's funeral?

5. Which of the following was Caesar's political intent before he was killed?

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