2. Why did Cicero initially begin giving his famous speeches, the Philippics?
(a) To prevent an attack from Antony.
(b) As a response to Antony's attack.
(c) As a way for him to resume his place in the Senate.
(d) To restore order to the Senate.

3. How did Cicero respond to Cesar's request for help in Chapter 10?
(a) He countered with another offer.
(b) He only agreed to certain aspects of it.
(c) He ignored it.
(d) He resisted.

4. When did Octavian become Consul?
(a) November 4.
(b) November 8.
(c) August 14.
(d) August 18.

5. What did Cicero think about Caesar's ransacking of the Treasury in Rome?
(a) He was surprised.
(b) He was indifferent.
(c) He was disgusted.
(d) He was despondent.

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

7. What was Cicero's instinct about Caesar's attempts in the Senate?
(a) To support Caesar against the Senate.
(b) To support neither Caesar nor the Senate.
(c) To support the Senate against Caesar.
(d) To support both Caesar and the Senate.

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

9. How was On the State received?
(a) It was popular but had little political impact.
(b) It was popular and had great political impact.
(c) Not as many copies were available, but it had great political impact.
(d) Not as many copies were available and it had little political impact.

10. What was On the State written about?
(a) Responses to common political questions.
(b) Responses to common legal questions.
(c) The ideal constitution and the ideal citizen.
(d) The ideal military and the ideal war.

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

12. Despite advocating moderation and compromise, which type of conflict surrounded Cicero as he planned to govern Cicilia?
(a) Financial.
(b) Military.
(c) Political.
(d) Personal.

13. What age was Cicero when he returned to Rome in Chapter 11?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Sixty.

14. What was the crowd's response to Brutus' claim that Caesar had to be assassinated at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) They were sympathetic.
(b) They were angry.
(c) They refused to accept it.
(d) They ignored it.

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