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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. When was Cicero's third Philippic given?
(a) February 1.
(b) January 24.
(c) January 1.
(d) February 24.

2. What did Cicero label Antony in the third Philippic?
(a) A traitor.
(b) An enemy.
(c) Weak.
(d) Useless.

3. How many people were involved in the conspiracy to kill Caesar?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Forty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which subject did Cicero teach when he returned to Rome?

2. How did people agree that Cicero died?

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

4. Which of the following was a main challenge that Cicero struggled with in Cicilia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Pompey abandoned Rome in Chapter 10?

2. What did Cicero do when he returned to Rome in Chapter 14 and how was he received?

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

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

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

6. What was Cicero's opinion about the battle between Caesar and Pompey in Chapter 10?

7. Why did Cicero disappear from public view for a year in Chapter 10?

8. Where was Cicero in Chapter 11, and how did he return to Rome?

9. When was On the State published and what was it about?

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

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