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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cicero speak against in his Philippics?
(a) A set of laws against Antony.
(b) A compromise with Antony.
(c) Another election.
(d) Another war.

2. Who did Cicero prefer to support in the conflict between Caesar and Pompey?
(a) Neither Pompey nor Caesar.
(b) Caesar for some issues and Pompey for other issues.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Pompey.

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

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

5. When did Caesar's forces catch up with Pompey?
(a) August 9, 49 B.C.
(b) August 19, 50 B.C.
(c) June 12, 52 B.C.
(d) June 2, 47 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Caesar react to Pompey's murder?

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

3. What did Cicero label Antony in the third Philippic?

4. According to Cicero in On Law, when can oratory have a moral impact?

5. When did the civil war in Chapter 11 end?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cicero respond to the personal events he endured in 46 B.C.?

2. What was Caesar planning in the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. What did Cicero write about in the beginning of Chapter 12 and why?

4. How was Cicero killed?

5. Why was Cicero's book, On Law, significant?

6. How did Cicero view the pending feud between Caesar and Pompey while getting ready to return to Rome in 50 B.C.?

7. How were Cicero's books received?

8. What was Caesar's reaction to Pompey's death?

9. What did the conspirators against Caesar do as a way to diminish his reputation?

10. How did the conflict between Caesar and Pompey begin?

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